Rumer Godden

Margaret Rumer Godden OBE (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was born in England but spent much of her childhood and some of her schooling in India. She returned from England to Calcutta in 1925 where she opened a dance school for children. She wrote many books from 1936, some with an Indian setting. Some of her books have been reprinted in the series Virago Modern Classics

External links

• Rumer Godden Wikipedia
• "Rereading the India novels by Rumer Godden" by Rosie Thomas 2 March 2013 The Guardian.

Historical books online

Autobiographies

• Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon and Rumer Godden 1966. 2nd file Both files Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The sisters were born 1906 and 1907.
• A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep by Rumer Godden 1987. 2nd file Both files Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

Fiction

• Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden 1939 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also published in a later reprint as a Virago Modern Classic (No. 566). Details of the book.
• Breakfast with the Nikolides by Rumer Godden 1964, first published 1942. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also published in a later reprint as a Virago Modern Classic (No.573). Details of the book.
• The River by Rumer Godden 1946 Archive.org. Also published in a later reprint as a Virago Modern Classic (No.565)
• Kingfishers Catch Fire, a Novel by Rumer Godden 1953 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also published in a later reprint as a Virago Modern Classic (No.567). Details of the book.
• Mooltiki; stories and poems from India by Rumer Godden 1957 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.