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Novelist Collection (page 4)

Background imageNovelist Collection: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
A portrait of Scottish novelist and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, best known for works including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Date: 1892

Background imageNovelist Collection: J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour

J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour
Writer J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageNovelist Collection: Writer A. P. Herbert, bowling

Writer A. P. Herbert, bowling
Writer A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageNovelist Collection: Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing

Ursula Jeans and Alec Waugh, cricketing
Actress Ursula Jeans (1906-1973) and novelist Alec Waugh (1898-1981) in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Background imageNovelist Collection: Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

Background imageNovelist Collection: Photograph of J B Priestley and daughters. Captioned, Mr J B Priestley, with two of his daughters

Photograph of J B Priestley and daughters. Captioned, Mr J B Priestley, with two of his daughters, Sylvia and Mary, taken in the garden of his house at Highgate'

Background imageNovelist Collection: Agatha Christie and husband, reportage photograph on doorstep. From an article, Up the Rebels

Agatha Christie and husband, reportage photograph on doorstep. From an article, Up the Rebels! - And Others'by Ericus

Background imageNovelist Collection: Nancy Mitford, formal studio portrait. With description, The Hon. Nancy Mitford; Whose latest novel

Nancy Mitford, formal studio portrait. With description, The Hon. Nancy Mitford; Whose latest novel, "Christmas Pudding" was seasonably published a month or so ago

Background imageNovelist Collection: Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), novelist and playwright, formal studio portrait smoking cigarette

Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), novelist and playwright, formal studio portrait smoking cigarette. Captioned, The After-Dinner Speaker Par Excellence

Background imageNovelist Collection: William Babington Maxwell (1866-1938) novelist and playwright

William Babington Maxwell (1866-1938) novelist and playwright, studio portrait in pinstripe jacket and tie. Captioned, The Author of "The Rest Cure": Mr W B Maxwell (Son of Miss Braddon)

Background imageNovelist Collection: Elinor Glyn, British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction (1864-1943)

Elinor Glyn, British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction (1864-1943). Studio portrait in formal gown with autograph

Background imageNovelist Collection: George Alfred Henty, English novelist

George Alfred Henty, English novelist and war correspondent Date: 19th century

Background imageNovelist Collection: John Buchan, Scottish novelist, historian and politician

John Buchan, Scottish novelist, historian and politician, by Imre Laszlo Unvardy aka Spy Junr Date: 1927

Background imageNovelist Collection: Monument to Daniel Defoe, Bunhill Fields, London

Monument to Daniel Defoe, Bunhill Fields, London
Monument (erected 1870) above the grave of Daniel Defoe (1661-1731), English journalist and novelist, in Bunhill Fields, London. Date: 19th century

Background imageNovelist Collection: Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writer

Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writer
Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945), American novelist, poet and playwright, best known for two novels: The Quick or The Dead? (1888) and World's End (1914). Date: 1914

Background imageNovelist Collection: Victor Hugo - On deathbed

Victor Hugo - On deathbed
Victor-Marie Hugo (18021885) - French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman and exponent of the French Romantic movement. Date: 1885

Background imageNovelist Collection: Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, writers

Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, writers
Keith Spencer Waterhouse (1929-2009), English novelist, journalist and writer of TV series. Seen here (left) with his friend and co-writer Willis Hall (1929-2005). Date: 1960

Background imageNovelist Collection: Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayist

Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayist
Salman Rushdie (Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, b 1947), British-Indian novelist and essayist. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Alan Sillitoe, English novelist

Alan Sillitoe, English novelist
Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), English novelist, best known for his novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958), which was made into a film (1960). Seen here (right). Date: circa 1960s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Anthony Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter

Anthony Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
Anthony Joshua Shaffer (1926-2001), English barrister, advertising executive, novelist, playwright and screenwriter, identical twin brother of the writer and dramatist Peter Shaffer

Background imageNovelist Collection: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageNovelist Collection: C P Snow, physicist, novelist and civil servant

C P Snow, physicist, novelist and civil servant
C P Snow (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of the City Of Leicester, 1905-1980), English physicist, novelist and civil servant. Best known for his series of novels entitled Strangers and Brothers

Background imageNovelist Collection: Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist

Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist
Muriel Spark (1918-2006), Scottish novelist, best known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Mervyn Stockwood, Barbara Cartland and Eric Heffer

Mervyn Stockwood, Barbara Cartland and Eric Heffer
Bishop Mervyn Stockwood (1913-1995), Anglican Bishop of Southwark, with Barbara Cartland (1901-2000), English romantic novelist, and Eric Heffer (1922-1991), left-wing Labour politician

Background imageNovelist Collection: Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet Russian novelist

Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet Russian novelist
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (1905-1984), Soviet Russian novelist, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature. Best known for his novel, Quiet Flows the Don. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Fay Weldon, English author, essayist and playwright

Fay Weldon, English author, essayist and playwright
Fay Weldon (b 1931), English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has a strong feminist element. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageNovelist Collection: J B Priestley, British author, playwright and broadcaster

J B Priestley, British author, playwright and broadcaster
J B (John Boynton) Priestley (1894-1984), British author, playwright and broadcaster. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Stephen Spender, English poet, novelist and essayist

Stephen Spender, English poet, novelist and essayist
Sir Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995), English poet, novelist and essayist. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher

Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1868 and 1874-1880. Seen here sitting in a chair with a book on his lap. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Brendan Behan, Irish writer and republican

Brendan Behan, Irish writer and republican
Brendan Behan (Brendan Francis Behan, 1923-1964), Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also an Irish republican and IRA volunteer

Background imageNovelist Collection: Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalist

Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalist
Compton Mackenzie (Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972), English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Aside from his writing he also worked as an actor

Background imageNovelist Collection: Hanif Kureishi, English writer

Hanif Kureishi, English writer
Hanif Kureishi (b 1954), English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageNovelist Collection: Graham Greene, English writer, in old age

Graham Greene, English writer, in old age
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels focusing around Roman Catholicism and morality: Brighton Rock

Background imageNovelist Collection: Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Background imageNovelist Collection: Charlotte Despard, political activist and writer

Charlotte Despard, political activist and writer
Charlotte Despard, nee French (1844-1939), suffragette, novelist and Sinn Fein activist. She was an active member of the Labour Party, and joined, in turn

Background imageNovelist Collection: Tariq Ali speaking under an NUJ banner

Tariq Ali speaking under an NUJ banner
Tariq Ali (b 1943), British Pakistani historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner and commentator. Seen here speaking under a National Union of Journalists (NUJ) banner. Date: 1991

Background imageNovelist Collection: SALMAN RUSHDIE

SALMAN RUSHDIE In 1992 Anglo-Indian novelist, condemned to death for allegedly having blasphemed Islam in The Satanic Verses. Date: 1947 -

Background imageNovelist Collection: MARIA EDGEWORTH/HOME

MARIA EDGEWORTH/HOME
MARIA EDGEWORTH Home of the novelist at Edgeworthstown, near Dublin, in the year of her death Date: 1767 - 1849

Background imageNovelist Collection: Thackeray - Palace Gardens

Thackeray - Palace Gardens
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) English novelist's home in Kensington Palace Gardens, where he lived from 1862 until his death

Background imageNovelist Collection: Sir Walter Scott - Abbotsford - Chair

Sir Walter Scott - Abbotsford - Chair
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) Scottish novelist's empty chair at Abbotsford, after his death Date:

Background imageNovelist Collection: DICKENS/GADSHILL

DICKENS/GADSHILL
HIS HOME AT GADSHILL An exterior view of the house, Gadshill Place, in Kent, in the year of the novelist's death 1812 - 1870

Background imageNovelist Collection: EDITH ANNA OENONE SOMERVILLE (1858 - 1949), Irish novelist pictured in her hunting habit. Date: 1904

EDITH ANNA OENONE SOMERVILLE (1858 - 1949), Irish novelist pictured in her hunting habit. Date: 1904

Background imageNovelist Collection: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). A portrait by Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) of an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist born in India

Background imageNovelist Collection: Walter Greenwood and Ethel Mannin

Walter Greenwood and Ethel Mannin
Walter Greenwood (1903 - 1974), Salford-born English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel Love on the Dole (1933), talking to Ethel Mannin (1900-1984)

Background imageNovelist Collection: Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863 - 1933), English novelist and playwright

Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863 - 1933), English novelist and playwright, best known for his novel, The Prisoner of Zenda. Pictured at work in his home at Savoy Mansions in London

Background imageNovelist Collection: Ernest William Hornung (1866 - 1921), English writer, creator of Raffles

Ernest William Hornung (1866 - 1921), English writer, creator of Raffles, the gentleman burglar. Pictured seated at the desk in his study at his home in Pitt Street, London

Background imageNovelist Collection: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English / American writer

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English / American writer
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867 - 1906), English/American writer, nom de plume: John Oliver Hobbes, pictured in her study, surrounded by bookcases as she writes at her desk



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