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Kate O'Brien

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born

January 01, 1897 in Ireland

died

January 01, 1974

gender

female

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From Wikipedia: Kate O'Brien (3 December 1897 - 13 August 1974), was an Irish novelist and playwright. After the success of her play, Distinguished Villa in 1926, she took to full-time writing and was awarded the 1931 James Tait Black Prize for her novel Without My Cloak. She is best known for her 1934 novel The Ante-Room, her 1941 novel The Land of Spices and the 1946 novel That Lady. Many of her books dealt with issues of female sexuality — with several exploring gay/lesbian themes — and both Mary Lavelle and The Land of Spices were banned in Ireland. She also wrote travel books, or rather accounts of places and experiences, on both Ireland and Spain, a country she loved, and which features in a number of her novels. She lived much of her...more

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Books by Kate O'Brien

Average rating: 3.71 · 221 ratings · 30 reviews · 17 distinct works

	The Land of Spices 3.88 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Ante-Room 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mary Lavelle 3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1936 — 6 editions	My rating:
	That Lady 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Last Of Summer 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1943	My rating:
	Without My Cloak 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1931 — 6 editions	My rating:
	As Music And Splendour 2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Farewell Spain 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Tac: Young People, Gender and Neighbourhood Markets by Kate O'Brien, O'Brien 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Teresa of Avila 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993	My rating: