Bel Lamington was a young woman who lost her parents when she was very young. She had gone to live with her aunt and they had been very happy together. When her aunt died her country house was sold and just enough money was left to enable Bel to train as a secretary. Bel said … Continue reading Bel Lamington by D.E. Stevenson (1961)
D.E. Stevenson
The English Air by D.E. Stevenson (1940)
The English Air by D.E. Stevenson was published in 1940, and like other authors who wrote during the early years of WWII when the outcome was so uncertain, (e.g. Nevil Shute and Helen Macinnes) it provides a unique perspective. Letters between the author and her publisher included in the Furrowed Middlebrow edition of the book emphasises … Continue reading The English Air by D.E. Stevenson (1940)
Spring Magic by D.E. Stevenson (1942)
In his Introduction to Spring Magic, Alexander McCall Smith writes that D. E. Stevenson’s books, ‘…eluded the sort of classification that reviewers and scholars like to engage in. They are not simple romances; nor are they anything that would today be recognised as thrillers. They are in a category of their own: clearly-written straightforward tales … Continue reading Spring Magic by D.E. Stevenson (1942)
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