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Portrait of Emma Tennant

Emma Tennant

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[Wikipedia] Emma Christina Tennant FRSL was an English novelist and editor of Scottish extraction, known for a post-modern approach to her fiction, often imbued with fantasy or magic. Several of her novels give a feminist or dreamlike twist to classic stories, such as Two Women of London: The Strange Case of Ms

Quotes by Emma Tennant

I didn't go to university; I hardly went to school, but I grew up among people well versed in Henry James and…

Felt

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The fascination of somebody with original creative gifts is something that's always drawn me. I get attached to them, but I can't…

Always

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I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been born with a…

Artist

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Because I am really interested in gardening, I do really interesting plants, not even always flowers. And because I have grown them,…

Everything

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My life has really been about writing, though some think it's all about once having been in a ball dress and having…

Dress

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Like all women, I've had a pretty awful time in many ways, but it's always possible to either make a joke or…

Comedy

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Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always…

Always

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When my father died in Greece, leaving my mother strapped, a cheque arrived next day from my Greek publishers who'd just bought…

Books

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