Florence King

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born

January 05, 1936 in Washington, DC, The United States

gender

female

genre

Humor, Nonfiction

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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1936 to a bookish British father and a tomboy American mother, Florence King spent her childhood living with her parents, her maternal grandmother, and her grandmother's maid.

King showed talent in French, but unable to pursue it as a major at American University, she switched to a dual major of history and English. She attended the University of Mississippi for graduate school, but did not complete her M.A. degree after losing her former girlfriend in a car crash.

King currently lives alone in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she continues to write for the National Review.

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Books by Florence King

Average rating: 4.03 · 1,207 ratings · 142 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady 4.04 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Southern Ladies & Gentlemen 4.10 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	My rating:
	With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look At Misanthropy 4.06 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye 3.89 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Florence King Reader 4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lump It or Leave It 3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	When Sisterhood Was in Flower 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wasp, Where Is Thy Sting? 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	STET, Damnit!: The Misanthrope's Corner: 1991 to 2002 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	He, An Irreverent Look At The American Male 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Florence King

“The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.”
― Florence King

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“Keep dating and you will become so sick, so badly crippled, so deformed, so emotionally warped and mentally defective that you will marry anybody.”
― Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

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“Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy...If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away or shot they will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as well.”
― Florence King

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