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Winifred Watson


Born
in Newcastle upon Tyne, The United Kingdom
October 20, 1906

Died
August 05, 2002

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Humor


Winifred Eileen Watson (20 October 1906 - 5 August 2002) was an English writer. She is best known for her novel, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, which was adapted into a major motion picture of the same name (released in 2008).

Bibliography:

Fell Top (1935)
Odd Shoes (1936)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (1938)
Upyonder (1938)
Hop, Step, Jump (1939)
Leave and Bequeath (1943)

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Average rating: 3.98 · 18,569 ratings · 2,771 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
3.98 avg rating — 18,523 ratings — published 1938 — 36 editions
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Hop, Step, Jump
4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1939 — 2 editions
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Odd Shoes
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Fell Top
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Leave and Bequeath
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Grammar made gay: A book fo...
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A Living Grammar
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“Odd, said Miss Pettigrew conversationally, 'the undermining effect of flowers on a woman's common sense.”
― Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
tags: flower
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“All the men send you orchids because they're expensive and they know that you know they are. But I always kind of think they're cheap, don't you, just because they're expensive. Like telling someone how much you paid for something to show off.”
― Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
tags: cheapness, flowers
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“All these years she had never had the wicked thrill of powdering her nose. Others had experienced that joy. Never she. And all because she lacked courage.”
― Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
tags: powder
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