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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. [1] Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published.
Eleanor Farjeon was an English writer for children whose magical but unsentimental tales, which often mock the behaviour of adults, earned her a revered place in many British nurseries. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter of a U.S. actor, Eleanor Farjeon grew up in the bohemian.
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Eleanor Farjeon. 1881—1965. Share. Poet and celebrated children’s book writer Eleanor Farjeon was born into an artistic family: her father was a novelist and her mother was the daughter of the American actor Joseph Jefferson. Farjeon’s family home was a literary and artistic hub.
Born on February 13, 1881, in London, England; died on June 5, 1965, in Hampstead, London; third of five children of Benjamin Leopold (a novelist) and Margaret Jane (Jefferson) Farjeon (an actress); no formal schooling; never married; no children.
Aug 13, 2020 · If the children’s writer and poet Eleanor Farjeon were alive today, there is little doubt that she would be celebrating the anniversary of the South Downs becoming a National Park. Farjeon is...
School-Bell. by Eleanor Farjeon. Nine-o'clock Bell! Nine-o'clock Bell! All the small children and big ones as well, Pulling their stockings up, snatching their hats, Cheeking and grumbling and giving back-chats, Laughing and quarreling, dropping their things,
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Sep 1, 1996 · Born in 1881 her earliest memories were of the Hampstead nursery where she and her brothers, Harry, Joe and Bertie, invented games and rules, read avidly, wrote copiously, listened to their American mother’s sweet singing, and went frequently to the theatre but never to school.
