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Dec 10, 1907 — Nov 8, 1998· 90 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · CHILDREN

Rumer Godden

Also known as: Rumer Gooden, Rumer Goodden

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Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951. A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh.

Eastbourne, United Kingdom
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The tower of Brede Abbey was a landmark for miles through the countryside and out to sea; high above the town of Brede its gilded weathercock caught the light and could flash in the bright sun.

— from In this house of Brede, 1969

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#2

Four Dolls

1983

4.5 (2)
#1

Kingfishers catch fire

1953

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An English widow gets into trouble when she attempts to westernize natives in the vale of Kashmir.

#3

In this house of Brede

1969

2.3 (3)

Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter.

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