Antonia Forest





Antonia Forest

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born
May 26, 1915 in London, The United Kingdom

died
November 28, 2003

gender
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About this author

Antonia Forest was the pen name of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein. She was born in North London, the child of Russian-Jewish and Irish parents. She studied at South Hampstead High School and University College, London, and worked as a government clerk and a librarian. Best known for her series of novels about the Marlow family, she published her first book, Autumn Term, in 1948.


Average rating: 4.18 · 487 ratings · 56 reviews · 13 distinct works
Autumn Term (The Marlows, #1)
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions
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End of Term (The Marlows, #4)
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 56 ratings3 editions
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The Cricket Term (The Marlo...
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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The Attic Term (The Marlows...
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions
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Peter's Room (The Marlows, #5)
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions
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The Ready Made Family (The ...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings3 editions
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The Marlows and the Traitor...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1953 — 2 editions
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Falconer's Lure (The Marlow...
4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions
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Run Away Home (The Marlows,...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions
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The Thuggery Affair (The Ma...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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More books by Antonia Forest…
Autumn Term The Marlows and the Traitor Falconer's Lure End of Term Peter's Room The Thuggery Affair The Ready Made Family
The Marlows (11 books)
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