The Misses Mallett by Eh Young

The Misses Mallett by Eh Young

Emily Hilda Young (1880-1949) was an English novelist. She was a best-selling novelist of her time. In 1902, at the age of 22, she married Arthur Daniell, a solicitor from Bristol, and moved with him to the upscale neighbourhood of Clifton. Here, she developed an interest in classical and modern philosophy. She became a supporter of the suffragette movement, and started publishing novels. She also began a lifelong affair with Ralph Henderson, a schoolteacher and a friend of her husband. When the First World War broke out in 1914, she went to work, first as a stables groom and then in a munitions factory. Her husband was killed at the Battle of Ypres in 1917. The following year she moved to Sydenham Hill, London to join her lover and his wife in a menage a trois. Young occupied a separate flat in their house and was addressed as 'Mrs Daniell'; this concealed the unconventional arrangement. Seven major novels followed, all based on Clifton, thinly disguised as 'Upper Radstowe'. The first of these was The Misses Mallett, published originally under the title The Bridge Dividing in 1922. Her 1930 novel Miss Mole won the James Tait Black Award for fiction.

Young, E. H.: - Emily Hilda Young (1880-1949) was born in Whitley, Northumberland. She was educated at Gateshead High School and Penrhos College in Wales. In 1902 she married solicitor John Daniell and moved to Bristol, the thinly-disguised setting of most of her novels. During the First World War Emily Young worked in a livery stable, then at a munitions factory. After her husband's death at Ypres in 1917 she left Bristol for London, living with a married man, Ralph Henderson, and his wife. Between 1910 and 1947 she wrote eleven novels for adults, including Miss Mole which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1930, and two for children. After Ralph Henderson's retirement, and the death of his wife, he and Emily went to live in Bradford-on-Avon. Her final novel, Chatterton Square, was published in 1947, two years before her death.

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ISBN 13	9781406794847
ISBN 10	1406794848
Title	The Misses Mallett
Author	Eh Young
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Read Books
Year published	2006-01-01
Number of pages	320
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