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Anna Gilbert

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Anna Gilbert

Aliases: Marguerite Jackson Lazarus / Marguerite J. Gascoigne
Pen Names: Marguerite J. Gascoigne（Pen name for children's fiction）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1916-05-01 （Durham, England）
Died
2004-09-24 （North Yorkshire, England） age 88
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Durham, England → North Yorkshire, England

Career

Occupations
Teacher, novelist
Active Years
1953-2001

Education

Durham University
English
Degree: BA (1937), MA (1957)
Period: 1930年代-1957
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: United Kingdom
Alumna of Armstrong College, Durham

Awards

Romantic Novel of the Year Award
1976
Work: The Look of Innocence
Organization: Romantic Novelists' Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Look of Innocence

1975 Romance novel

Gothic romance novel. Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 1976.

Innocence

Images of Rose

1974 Romance novel

A Hint of Witchcraft

2000 Romance novel

Bibliography

  • The Song of the Gipsy (1953) [Marguerite J. Gascoigne]
  • Images of Rose (1974)
  • The Look of Innocence (1975)
  • A Family Likeness (1977)
  • Remembering Louise (1978)
  • The Leavetaking (1979)
  • Flowers for Lilian (1980)
  • Miss Bede Is Staying (1982)
  • The Long Shadow (1983)
  • A Walk in the Wood (1989)
  • The Wedding Guest (1993)
  • Treachery of Time (1995)
  • A Hint of Witchcraft (2000)
  • A Morning in Eden (2001)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Gothic romance style
Recurring Motifs
InnocenceFamily likenessRomance

Legacy

British romance novelist who wrote under the pen name Anna Gilbert. Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 1976. Also wrote children's fiction.

Trivia

  • Married Jacob "Jack" Lazarus on 5 April 1956.
  • Worked as a grammar school English teacher from 1938 to 1973.