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Sylvia Townsend Warner was an American novelist whose works delved into the complexities of human relationships and the influence of historical events on individuals. Born on December 6, 1893, she spent much of her life in New England, which deeply influenced her writing. Warner's career spanned several decades, during which she published a number of critically acclaimed novels.

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Famous Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes

“One need not write in a diary what one is to remember for ever.”

Needs Writing Remember Diaries

Book:The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner

Source: The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner

“I do apologize for writing by hand - and so badly. I shall soon be like Helen Thomas, notoriously illegible. In her last letter only two words stood out plain: 'Blood pressure.' Subsequent research demonstrated that what she had actually written was 'Beloved friends.”

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Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“I wish I could write librettos for the rest of my life. It is the purest of human pleasures, a heavenly hermaphroditism of being both writer and musician. No wonder that selfish beast Wagner kept it all to himself.”

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Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“about ten days ago I got started on a new book, and am completely, brazenly devoted to it: my hair is uncut, my letters are unwritten, the house is a shambles, and I sit here as happy as Mrs. Jellaby, though I am in 1836, not Africa. It won't go on like this, I shall fall over some obstacle, and wake out of my dreams with a black eye and broken shins: but while it does last, I daren't interrupt it. I haven't had such a spell of writing for nearly three years.”

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Author:Sylvia Townsend Warner

About the Author

Born: December 6, 1893
Died: May 1, 1978
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 94

Books & Sources

The diaries of Sylvia Townsend WarnerRelated source material

LettersRelated source material

I'll stand by you: selected letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland : with narrative by Sylvia Townsend WarnerRelated source material

Kingdoms of ElfinRelated source material

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Lolly Willowes: or, The loving huntsmanRelated source material

Selected stories of Sylvia Townsend WarnerRelated source material

Scenes of ChildhoodRelated source material

Swans on an Autumn River: StoriesRelated source material

Collected PoemsRelated source material

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