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Marghanita Laski

Born

in Manchester, Lancashire, England

October 24, 1915

Died

February 06, 1988

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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English journalist, radio panelist, and novelist: she also wrote literary biography, plays, and short stories.

Laski was born to a prominent family of Jewish intellectuals: Neville Laski was her father, Moses Gaster her grandfather, and socialist thinker Harold Laski her uncle. She was educated at Lady Barn House School and St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. After a stint in fashion, she read English at Oxford, then married publisher John Howard, and worked in journalism. She began writing once her son and daughter were born.

A well-known critic as well as a novelist, she wrote books on Jane Austen and George Eliot. Ecstasy (1962) explored intense experiences, and Everyday Ecstasy (1974) their social effects. Her distinctive voice was o ...more

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Marghanita Laski’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 4,739 ratings · 824 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Boy Lost 4.09 avg rating — 1,580 ratings — published 1949 — 30 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 Victorian Chaise Longue 3.58 avg rating — 1,730 ratings — published 1953 — 32 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 Village 4.13 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 1952 — 12 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
	To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita Laski, Sarah Russell (Pseudonym), Juliet Gardiner (Preface) 3.87 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 1946 — 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
	Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right 4.12 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	The Tower 3.61 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1955 — 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
	Jane Austen (Literary Lives Series) 3.40 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1969 — 10 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
	George Eliot and her world 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1973 — 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
	Love on the Supertax 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1944 — 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
	Ecstasy in Secular and Religious Experience 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1961 — 12 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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“To have the capacity for happiness was, presumably, to be able to envisage a future in which happiness could have its place.”
― Marghanita Laski, Little Boy Lost

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“Queer,’ said Hilary, and then, 'But at least the Occupation showed each man what he was capable of. Don't you think it was something to be able to find that out?'

'No, why?' said Pierre. 'Some found they were better than they thought, some worse. We are finding that out all the time in our everyday lives.”
― Marghanita Laski, Little Boy Lost

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“One can never be sure of the end, only of the means, and so we must be sure that the means are good.”
― Marghanita Laski, Little Boy Lost

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