Monica Dickens
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Description
Monica Enid Dickens was a writer. Dickens was the great-granddaughter of the author Charles Dickens, and was born into the upper-middle class. She became disillusioned her privilege and became a domestic servant. Her experiences as a servant and cook were the subject of her first book, "One Pair of Hands," published in 1939. Her second book, "One Pair of Feet," was about her experiences as a nurse. She also worked in an aircraft factory and on a local newspaper. Dickens then married a U.S. Navy officer and moved to the United States. She continued to write and was a columnist for the British magazine Woman's Own.
Books
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
The Monk of horror, or The Conclave of corpses, by Anonymous The Astrologer's prediction, or The Maniac's fate, by Anonymous The expedition to Hell, by James Hogg Mateo Falcone, by Prosper Merimee [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar]( by Edgar Allan Poe Le Grande Breteche, by Honore de Balzac The romance of certain old clothes, by Henry James Who knows?, by Guy de Maupassant The body snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson The death of Olivier Becaille, by Emile Zola The boarded window, by Ambrose Bierce Lost hearts, by M.R. James The sea-raiders, by H.G. Wells The derelict, by William Hope Hodgson Thurnley Abbey, by Perceval Landon The fourth man, by John Russell In the penal colony, by Franz Kafka The waxwork, by A.M. Burrage Mrs. Amworth, by E.F. Benson The reptile, by Augustus Muir Mr. Meldrum's Mania, by John Metcalfe The beast with five fingers, by William Fryer Harvey Dry September, by William Faulkner Couching at the door, by D.K. Broster The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany The man who liked Dickens, by Evelyn Waugh Taboo, by Geoffrey Household The thought, by L.P. Hartley Comrade death, by Gerald Kersh Leningen versus the ants, by Carl Stephenson The brink of darkness, by Yvor Winters Activity time, by Monica Dickens Earth to Earth, by Robert Graves The dwarf, by Ray Bradbury The Portabello Road, by Muriel Spark No flies on Frank, by John Lennon Sister Coxall's revenge, by Dawn Muscillo Thou shalt not suffer a witch ..., by Dorothy K. Haynes The terrapin, by Patricia Highsmith [Man from the south]( by Roald Dahl Uneasy home-coming, by Will F. Jenkins The Aquarist, by J.N. Allan An interview with M. Chakko, by Vilas Sarang
Befriending
This book relates the founding in America, and effectiveness of, a branch of the worldwide organization of volunteers known as the Samaritans, committed to the prevention of suicide through the simple means of "listening therapy." It is a description of the successful humanitarian efforts of "nonprofessional" volunteers by best-selling author Monica Dickens, herself a Samaritan. Monica Dickens, great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, was known in England as a novelist; in America, as the founder of the U.S. Samaritans. Today Samaritans are in every large city of the country, some even with multiple branches. Volunteers work 24 hours a day, answering telephones or meeting troubled people, to try to give them, in nonjudgmental ways, the help they need to get their lives back in order. When Monica Dickens formed the Boston chapter, there were doubters. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and governmental bureaucrats, all said there was no chance that a Samaritan branch would work in that city. They did not realize the depth of Dickensian resolve. She meant to have a Samaritan branch in Boston, and later in Cape Cod. And, in the best traditions of her great-grandfather, so she did. Her story of the American Samaritans should be of interest to anyone who has ever pondered the human condition.
Stranger at Follyfoot
A children's novel about a home of rest for horses. The fourth novel in the Follyfoot series, based on the television series of the same name, which was itself inspired by Monica Dickens' earlier novel Cobbler's Dream. As usual, all the stables at Follyfoot Farm are full, but when a mysterious girl named Yaz and her pony arrive looking for shelter, the staff can't turn her away. Yaz doesn't seem grateful, and is clearly hiding from something.
World's End in winter
Father and Mother join the four children for an unusual winter at the country cottage called World's End.
Summer at World's End
The continuing adventures of four children living on their own in the country with their assorted pets. Sequel to The House at World's End.
The house at World's End
When their house burns down and their mother is hospitalized, four children are left on their own in a country cottage where they make a home for many assorted animals.
Cobbler's dream
A novel focusing on a rest home for aged and ailing horses. It centers on Paul, an ex-Borstal boy, and Dora, a young girl working at the farm, as they find purpose and healing through caring for neglected animals. It is also an entertaining story of how helping the animals solves the problems of two young people at odds with life.