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William Plomer (1903–1973)

Autor(a) de The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

40+ Works 452 Membros 5 Reviews

About the Author

Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) "William D'Arfey" was a pseudonym used by William Plomer and Anthony Butts only for Curious Relations.

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Obras de William Plomer

Turbott Wolfe (1926) 43 cópias
At Home (1958) 23 cópias
Museum Pieces (1952) 22 cópias
Cecil Rhodes (1933) 17 cópias
Curious Relations (1945) — Editor — 16 cópias
Collected Poems (1960) 15 cópias
The Case is Altered (1932) 14 cópias
Electric Delights (1978) 11 cópias
Sado (1960) 8 cópias
Paper houses (1929) 8 cópias
The Autobiography (1975) 8 cópias

Associated Works

Billy Budd, Sailor (1924) — Introdução, algumas edições2,599 cópias
The Dark Child (1954) — Introdução, algumas edições699 cópias
Kilverts Diary, 1870-1879 (1964) — Editor — 359 cópias
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (1950) — Contribuinte, algumas edições264 cópias
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Contribuinte — 236 cópias
Great English Short Stories (1957) — Contribuinte — 108 cópias
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (1996) — Contribuinte — 74 cópias
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Contribuinte — 72 cópias
Modern English Short Stories: Second Series (1911) — Contribuinte — 62 cópias
The Penguin Book of Southern African Stories (1985) — Contribuinte — 49 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Plomer, William Charles Franklyn
Outros nomes
Pagan, Robert (pseudnym)
D'Arfey, William (shared pseudonym)
Data de nascimento
1903-12-10
Data de falecimento
1973-09-21
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Pietersburg, Transvaal
Local de falecimento
Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK
Locais de residência
Pietersberg, Transvaal
Lewes, East Sussex, England
Educação
Rugby School
Ocupação
novelist
librettist
autobiographer
short-story writer
poet
literary editor
Relacionamentos
Campbell, Roy (friend)
Bowes-Lyon, Lilian Helen (friend)
Premiações
Order of the British Empire (Commander)
Pequena biografia
He pronounced Plomer as 'ploomer'.
Aviso de desambiguação
"William D'Arfey" was a pseudonym used by William Plomer and Anthony Butts only for Curious Relations.

Membros

Discussions

Older Children's Book em Name that Book (Janeiro 2017)

Resenhas

An absolutely stunning book. Had literally never heard of it until I saw it on Cyril Connolly’s list of 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement from England, France, and America 1880-1950 a few weeks ago [this review originally posted 2022-03-05]. https://www.themodernnovel.org/their-lists/other/connolly/
Had to track down a copy via inter-library loan. Cannot believe such a powerful, complex work is so little known. Set in South Africa before Apartheid was codified, a story of race relations explores bigger themes of identity and selfhood.… (mais)
 
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booksaplenty1949 | 1 outra resenha | Aug 22, 2022 |
This is a beautiful book of verse, accompanied by full and lustrous illustrations of the Butterfly Ball. I remember this one from when I was a child - there was even a song and film clip released I believe. Great memories and a beautiful book that can be enjoyed by the whole family. A lovely addition to any collection.
 
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SarahEBear | outras 2 resenhas | Oct 21, 2017 |
A wonderful retelling of a classic story. Though the artwork was a bit hard to see on my Kindle, it was still a very pleasurable read. To be able to view nature in its complete beauty is something that tends to elude us in our current society, and this story was a good escape away from our complex lives.
 
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sealford | outras 2 resenhas | Nov 26, 2011 |
This book was written in the early 1920's and published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press in the spring of 1926. It was the author's first book. The setting for the story is South Africa. It's a look back at racial standards in society around the early part of the 20th Century. I enjoyed reading the book.
 
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olderreads | 1 outra resenha | Jan 5, 2011 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
40
Also by
22
Membros
452
Popularidade
#54,272
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Resenhas
5
ISBNs
45
Idiomas
3

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