Margaret Drabble

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June 05, 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Books by Margaret Drabble

Average rating: 3.64 · 8,457 ratings · 1,016 reviews · 70 distinct works

	The Red Queen 2.95 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Millstone 3.78 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 1965 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Seven Sisters 3.31 avg rating — 426 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Radiant Way 3.71 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Peppered Moth 3.26 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Sea Lady 3.19 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Needle's Eye by Margaret Drabble, Andrea Barrett (Foreword by) 3.85 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Realms of Gold 3.93 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Waterfall 3.74 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Summer Bird Cage 3.64 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	My rating:

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“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”
― Margaret Drabble

tags: life

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“What really annoys me are the ones who write to say, I am doing your book for my final examinations and could you please tell me what the meaning of it is. I find it just so staggering--that you're supposed to explain the meaning of your book to some total stranger! If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn't have bothered to write them.”
― Margaret Drabble

tags: writers , writing

9 people liked it

“There would be more genuine rejoicing at the discovery of a complete new novel by Jane Austen than any other literary discovery, short of a new major play by Shakespeare.”
― Margaret Drabble

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