Delafield, E. M., 1890-1943
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Dashwood, Elizabeth M., 1890-1943
De La Pasture, Edmée Elizabeth Monica, 1890-1943
Pasture, Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la, 1890-1943
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found: Zella sees herself, 1917:title page (E.M. Delafield)
found: Diary of a provincial lady, 2016:title page (E.M. Delafield) introduction (Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood; pen-name E.M. Delafield) page xiv-xv (born Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture, 9 June 1890 in East Sussex; in 1919, married Major Paul Dashwood and lived in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur where she wrote three novels; eventually settled in the village of Kentisbeare; deeply involved in the Women's Institute movement, and was a Justice of the Peace; she died in 1943, aged fifty-three)
found: Oxford DNB, viewed online 29 Sept. 2017(Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood [née de la Pasture]; pseud. E.M. Delafield; novelist; born on 9 June 1890 at Aldrin[g]ton, near Hove, Sussex; called Edmée until adulthood, thereafter Elizabeth or E.M.D.; in the years between 1917 and 1943, published over thirty novels, as well as several other books of sketches, essays, short stories, and parodies; died 2 December 1943)
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1979-10-10: new
2023-09-09: revised
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