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*[https://archive.org/details/twounderindians000godd ''Two Under the Indian Sun''] by Jon and Rumer Godden 1966. [https://archive.org/details/twounderindiansu00godd 2nd file] Both files  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The sisters were born 1906 and 1907.
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*[https://archive.org/details/timetodancenotim00godd ''A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep''] by Rumer Godden  1987. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780688089047 2nd file] Both files Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/blacknarcissus0000godd/page/n7 ''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.<ref>[https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/black-narcissus-rumer-godden-1939/ Black Narcissus – Rumer Godden (1939)] July 19, 2017 heavenali.wordpress.com</ref>
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207927/page/n5  ''The River''] by Rumer Godden  1946 Archive.org. Also published in a later reprint as a ''Virago Modern Classic'' (No.565)
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*[https://archive.org/details/kingfisherscatch00godd/page/n5 ''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.<ref>[https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/kingfishers-catch-fire-rumer-godden-1953/ Kingfishers Catch Fire – Rumer Godden (1953)] February 2, 2014 heavenali.wordpress.com</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 05:57, 13 November 2019

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[1]

External links

Historical books online

Autobiographies

Non fiction

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.[2]
  • 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.[3]

References

  1. A List of Virago Modern Classics viragomodern.wordpress.com. Last number is 595.
  2. Black Narcissus – Rumer Godden (1939) July 19, 2017 heavenali.wordpress.com
  3. Kingfishers Catch Fire – Rumer Godden (1953) February 2, 2014 heavenali.wordpress.com