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Jan Struther
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born
June 06, 1901
in Whitchurch, The United Kingdom
died
July 20, 1953
gender
female
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Mrs. Miniver
by Jan Struther, Greer Garson    391 avg rating — 221 ratings
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published
1939
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13 editions
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Try Anything Twice: Essays & Sketches
386 avg rating — 7 ratings
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published
1938
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2 editions
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Women of Britain - Letters from England
400 avg rating — 2 ratings
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published
2007
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“A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But half of a married couple is not exactly a whole human being: if the marriage is successful it is something a little more than that; if unsuccessful, a little less. In either case, a fresh complication is added to the already intricate business of friendship: as Clem had once remarked, you might as well try to dance a tarantella with a Siamese twin.”
― Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
― Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
“Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of early autumn, between the ending of an old phase and the beginning of a fresh one.”
― Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
― Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
“It oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the evenings, and live simply, and eat sparingly, and recover the use of our legs, and get up early enough to see the sun rise.”
― Jan Struther
― Jan Struther
