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Elizabeth Taylor

Born

in Reading, Berkshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 03, 1912

Died

November 19, 1975

Website

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Genre

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Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles) was a popular English novelist and short story writer. Elizabeth Coles was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1912. She was educated at The Abbey School, Reading, and worked as a governess, as a tutor and as a librarian.

In 1936, she married John William Kendall Taylor, a businessman. She lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire, for almost all her married life.

Her first novel, At Mrs. Lippincote's, was published in 1945 and was followed by eleven more. Her short stories were published in various magazines and collected in four volumes. She also wrote a children's book.

Taylor's work is mainly concerned with the nuances of "everyday" life and situations, which she writes about with dexterity. Her shrewd but affectionate portraya ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 24,415 ratings · 3,730 reviews · 180 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,404 ratings — published 1971 — 52 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
	Angel by Elizabeth Taylor, Hilary Mantel (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 2,754 ratings — published 1957 — 36 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
	A View Of The Harbour: A Virago Modern Classic by Elizabeth Taylor, Sarah Waters (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 1,773 ratings — published 1947 — 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
	A Game of Hide and Seek 3.80 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 1951 — 25 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
	In a Summer Season 3.86 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 1961 — 27 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 Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Bailey (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 1964 — 4 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
	At Mrs Lippincote's 3.82 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1945 — 26 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
	A Wreath of Roses 3.88 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1949 — 29 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
	Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Keates (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 1976 — 20 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
	Palladian 3.52 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 1946 — 20 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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“It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
― Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses

tags: capacity, greater, life, patience, shorter, strange, waiting, years

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“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

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“I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being — to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame”
― Elizabeth Taylor

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