Godden, Rumer 1907-1998
Overview
| Works: | 564 works in 2,780 publications in 14 languages and 74,067 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Domestic fiction Juvenile works Biography Religious fiction Drama Film adaptations Christian fiction Poetry Novels |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Translator, Bibliographic antecedent, Scenarist, Author of screenplay, Instrumentalist, Compiler, Other, Lyricist |
| Classifications: | PR6013.O2, 823.912 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Rumer Godden
- Colonial strangers : women writing the end of the British empire by Phyllis Lassner( )
- A time to dance, no time to weep by Rumer Godden( Book )
- A house with four rooms by Rumer Godden( Book )
- Rumer Godden : international and intermodern storyteller by Lucy Le-Guilcher( )
- Rumer Godden by Hassell A Simpson( Book )
- Rumer Godden revisited by Lynne Meryl Rosenthal( Book )
- Rumer Godden : a storyteller's life by Anne Chisholm( Book )
- Black narcissus by Michael Powell( Visual )
- Rumer Godden : a storyteller's life by Anne Chisholm( Recording )
- Rumer Godden's The river by Jean Renoir( Visual )
- The topic of conversion and the issue of the "Catholic novel" : Chesterton, Lewis, Waugh, and Godden by Marisa Pierson( )
- Enchantment( Visual )
- A time to dance, no time to weep by Rumer Godden( Recording )
- Notes on Rumer Godden's An episode of sparrows( Book )
- Casablanket, by Margaret Dixon : [theatre program], 1999, Pioneer Memorial Hall, Galleon Theatre Group( Book )
- A house with four rooms by Rumer Godden( Recording )
- Rumer Godden's Indian novels by Laura May Waltz( Book )
- Two under the Indian sun by Jon Godden( Recording )
- (Margaret) Rumer Godden : (1907-1998)( )
- Kaye-Smith Correspondence by Sheila Kaye-Smith( )
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Most widely held works by
Rumer Godden
The story of Holly & Ivy by
Rumer Godden(
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72 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 2,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly
72 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 2,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly
In this house of Brede by
Rumer Godden(
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44 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in English and held by 2,622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter
44 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in English and held by 2,622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter
An episode of sparrows, a novel by
Rumer Godden(
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104 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 2,496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of how two London slum children made a garden from a packet of cornflower seeds and how it changed the lives of rich and poor
104 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 2,496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of how two London slum children made a garden from a packet of cornflower seeds and how it changed the lives of rich and poor
Two under the Indian sun by
Jon Godden(
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40 editions published between 1966 and 1996 in English and held by 2,067 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Godden sisters "have written of five years in their early lives when they were sent back to India to escape the bombs of W.W.I. They recall their lives in the village and its environs in what is now East Pakistan." Library J
40 editions published between 1966 and 1996 in English and held by 2,067 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Godden sisters "have written of five years in their early lives when they were sent back to India to escape the bombs of W.W.I. They recall their lives in the village and its environs in what is now East Pakistan." Library J
The greengage summer, a novel by
Rumer Godden(
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90 editions published between 1957 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five naive English children, thrown on their own in a French inn, find themselves surrounded by mysterious and violent activities
90 editions published between 1957 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five naive English children, thrown on their own in a French inn, find themselves surrounded by mysterious and violent activities
The dolls' house by
Rumer Godden(
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85 editions published between 1947 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls' point of view
85 editions published between 1947 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls' point of view
The battle of the Villa Fiorita by
Rumer Godden(
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58 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When their mother runs off with another man, young Caddie and Hugh journey from London to Italy to bring their mother home
58 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When their mother runs off with another man, young Caddie and Hugh journey from London to Italy to bring their mother home
The peacock spring by
Rumer Godden(
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52 editions published between 1975 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel about two English school girls, who are summoned from England to New Delhi by their diplomat father. Una, the older sister, meets a young man, and a secret love develops
52 editions published between 1975 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel about two English school girls, who are summoned from England to New Delhi by their diplomat father. Una, the older sister, meets a young man, and a secret love develops
China Court : the hours of a country house : a novel by
Rumer Godden(
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38 editions published between 1960 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Modern love story, set in Cornwall and interwoven with the living past of five generations of the Quin family, and illustrative of life - as Chaucer says - as a "thinne subtil knittinge of thinges". A medieval book of hours plays a part in the plot
38 editions published between 1960 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Modern love story, set in Cornwall and interwoven with the living past of five generations of the Quin family, and illustrative of life - as Chaucer says - as a "thinne subtil knittinge of thinges". A medieval book of hours plays a part in the plot
The river by
Rumer Godden(
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87 editions published between 1946 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,704 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An account of two adolescent girls of an Anglo-Indian family in Bengal
87 editions published between 1946 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,704 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An account of two adolescent girls of an Anglo-Indian family in Bengal
Black narcissus by
Rumer Godden(
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87 editions published between 1939 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anglican Sisters are sent to a remote community in the Himalayas to establish a convent
87 editions published between 1939 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anglican Sisters are sent to a remote community in the Himalayas to establish a convent
Prayers from the ark by
Carmen Bernos de Gasztold(
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20 editions published between 1962 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated collection of poems, each a prayer by one of the animals in Noah's ark
20 editions published between 1962 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,594 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated collection of poems, each a prayer by one of the animals in Noah's ark
Five for sorrow, ten for joy by
Rumer Godden(
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20 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in English and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lise crosses the bridge from a consort to the brothel owner in Paris to that of the life of the French Dominican Sisters of Bethanie
20 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in English and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lise crosses the bridge from a consort to the brothel owner in Paris to that of the life of the French Dominican Sisters of Bethanie
Kingfishers catch fire : a novel by
Rumer Godden(
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65 editions published between 1953 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 1,558 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An English widow gets into trouble when she attempts to westernize natives in the vale of Kashmir
65 editions published between 1953 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 1,558 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An English widow gets into trouble when she attempts to westernize natives in the vale of Kashmir
The diddakoi by
Rumer Godden(
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45 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and Dutch and held by 1,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kizzy Lovell, a 7-year old gypsy, wanted no part of school because of the derisive cries of her schoolmates. When her Great-Great-Gran died, Kizzy would have been wholly alone except for Admiral Twist and Miss Brooke. Learning how to accept their kindness proves as great a trial as the persistent cruelties of her schoolgirl peers, and the learning is not all on Kizzy's side
45 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and Dutch and held by 1,481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kizzy Lovell, a 7-year old gypsy, wanted no part of school because of the derisive cries of her schoolmates. When her Great-Great-Gran died, Kizzy would have been wholly alone except for Admiral Twist and Miss Brooke. Learning how to accept their kindness proves as great a trial as the persistent cruelties of her schoolgirl peers, and the learning is not all on Kizzy's side
Thursday's children by
Rumer Godden(
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27 editions published between 1984 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As he tags along to his spoiled sister's ballet classes, Doone discovers and develops his own rare and special talents
27 editions published between 1984 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As he tags along to his spoiled sister's ballet classes, Doone discovers and develops his own rare and special talents
The mousewife by
Rumer Godden(
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29 editions published between 1951 and 2009 in English and held by 1,268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A house mouse who thinks there must be more to life than looking for food and caring for her family befriends a lonely, caged dove
29 editions published between 1951 and 2009 in English and held by 1,268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A house mouse who thinks there must be more to life than looking for food and caring for her family befriends a lonely, caged dove
Coromandel sea change by
Rumer Godden(
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27 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 1,267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Coromandel coast of southern India seems the ideal place for Mary and Blaise's honeymoon, but before long Mary begins to feel detached from her new husband and powerfully attracted to Krishnan, a local politician now in mortal danger
27 editions published between 1991 and 2016 in English and held by 1,267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Coromandel coast of southern India seems the ideal place for Mary and Blaise's honeymoon, but before long Mary begins to feel detached from her new husband and powerfully attracted to Krishnan, a local politician now in mortal danger
The dark horse by
Rumer Godden(
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24 editions published between 1981 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dark Invader, a thoroughbred training in India for the Viceroy Cup race, bolts from a malicious jockey and is given refuge by a convent of nuns
24 editions published between 1981 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dark Invader, a thoroughbred training in India for the Viceroy Cup race, bolts from a malicious jockey and is given refuge by a convent of nuns
The kitchen Madonna by
Rumer Godden(
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19 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in English and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A boy's efforts to create an icon to please the family's new maid helps him to make new friends and discover an artistic talent
19 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in English and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A boy's efforts to create an icon to please the family's new maid helps him to make new friends and discover an artistic talent
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Related Identities
- Godden, Jon 1906-1984 Author
- Adams, Adrienne Illustrator
- Primrose, Jean Illustrator
- Lassner, Phyllis Author
- Bernos de Gasztold, Carmen Author Lyricist
- Manning, Olivia
- Huxley, Elspeth 1907-1997
- Bottome, Phyllis 1884-1963
- Cooney, Barbara 1917-2000 Illustrator
- Baynes, Pauline Illustrator
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Animals Authors, English Ballet dancing British Brothers and sisters Catholics Catholic women Children Christmas stories Country homes Country life Dollhouses Dolls England England--London English--Social life and customs Families Fantasy Fathers and daughters First loves France Godden, Jon, Godden, Rumer, Great Britain Himalaya Mountains Homes Hotels Illustrators India India--Bengal India--Kolkata Intellectual life Italy Maine Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Mice Monastic and religious life of women Mother and child Noah's ark Novelists, English Nuns Orphans Religious fiction Romanies Street children Villages Women Women and literature Women household employees
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Alternative Names
Dixon, Margaret 1907-1998
Dixon, Margaret Rumer 1907-1998
Dixon, Margaret Rumer Haynes, 1907-1998
Dixon, Rumer Godden Haynes-.
Dixon, Rumer Godden Haynes 1907-1998
Foster, Laurence 1907-1998
Foster, Margaret Rumer 1907-1998
Foster, Margaret Rumer Godden.
Foster, Margaret Rumer Godden 1907-1998
Foster, Rumer Godden.
Foster, Rumer Godden 1907-1998
Godden, Margaret R. 1907-1998
Godden, Margaret Rumer
Godden, Margaret Rumer 1907-1998
Godden, Margret Rumer 1907-1998
Godden, Rumer, 1907-
Godden, Rumer 1907-1998
Haynes Dixon, Margaret Rumer 1907-1998
Haynes-Dixon, Rumer Godden.
Haynes-Dixon, Rumer Godden 1907-1998
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Rumer Godden, Margret 1907-1998
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Rumer, Margaret 1907-1998
Румер Годден
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고덴, 루우머 1907-1998
고덴, 마가레트 루머 1907-1998
고덴, 마가렛트 루우머 1907-1998
고든, 루머 1907-1998
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