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Philip Toynbee

Born

in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England, The United Kingdom

June 25, 1916

Died

June 15, 1981

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

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Philip Toynbee was an English writer and editor best known for novels that experiment with time and symbolical elements.

He was the son of the historian Arnold Toynbee and grandson of the classical scholar Gilbert Murray. He was educated at Rugby School and the University of Oxford. In 1938–39 he edited a newspaper, the Birmingham Town Crier. After service in World War II he worked in publishing and, from 1950, was on the editorial staff of the newspaper The Observer.

Of Toynbee’s experimental, subjective novels, the best known are The Savage Days (1937), The Barricades (1943), and Tea with Mrs. Goodman (1947). Later he wrote novels in verse, notably the “Pantaloon” series: Pantaloon or the Valediction (1961), Two Brothers (1964); A Learned C ...more

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	Tea with Mrs. Goodman 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1947 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Part of a Journey: An Autobiographical Journal 1977-1979 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friends apart: A memoir of Esmond Romilly & Jasper Ridley in the thirties really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The age of the spirit: Religion as experience really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	End of a Journey: An Autobiographical Journal 1979-81 by Philip Toynbee, John Bullimore (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barricades 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fearful Choice: a Debate on Nuclear Policy Conducted by Philip Toynbee with the Archbishop of Canterbury and others by Philip Toynbee, Unknown . 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savage Days 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1937	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Two Brothers, The Fifth Day of the Valediction of Pantaloon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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