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- Ronald Frederick Delderfield (12 February 1912 – 24 June 1972) was an English novelist and dramatist, some of whose works have been adapted for television.
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R. F. Delderfield
British writer (1912–1972)
R. F. Delderfield | |
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| Born | Ronald Frederick Delderfield (1912-02-12)12 February 1912 New Cross, London, England |
| Died | 24 June 1972(1972-06-24) (aged 60) Sidmouth, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, dramatist |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction, theatre |
| Years active | 1947–1972 |
Ronald Frederick Delderfield (12 February 1912 – 24 June 1972) was an English novelist and dramatist, some of whose works have been adapted for television and film.
Biography
Childhood in London and Surrey
Ronald Frederick Delderfield was born at 37 Waller Road, New Cross,[1] London, in 1912 to Alice and William James Delderfield (c. 1873–1956). His father worked for a meat wholesaler in Smithfield Market, and was the first Liberal to be elected to Bermondsey Council. William supported women's suffrage and the Boer cause in the Boer War. He was a firm supporter of the temperance movement, and of David Lloyd George until the latter allied himself in government with the Conservative Party. F
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R. F. Delderfield (Ronald Frederick Delderfield) Biography
English popular novelist and playwright, born in Greenwich, London. Many of his best-selling novels are family sagas with romantic overtones, often spanning the period between the First and Second World Wars and beyond. He often focused on middle-aged love between men and women, one of whom, at least, had already been married, or between a more experienced partner and a virtual novice. God Is an Englishman (1970) is perhaps his best novel, and its title was apparently not meant to be ironic. It chronicles the twists and turns of a marriage between an older man, Adam Swan, and his young, vulnerable wife, who strongly values her independence. Other novels include Cheap Day Return (1967; US title Return Journey, 1974), The Green Gauntlet (1968), and Long Summer Days (1974). His plays, which were more ephemeral than his novels, include Peace Comes to Peckham (1948), The Old Lady of Cheadle (1952), The Mayerling Affair (1958), and Wild Mink (1962). Napoleon in Love (1959), his best-known work of popular h
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R. F. Delderfield’s Novels as Cultural History
A Reader’s Companion
by Victor J. Lams (Author)
©2012Monographs X, 314 Pages
English Studies
Summary
This book begins with a survey of R. F. Delderfield’s knowledge of Napoleonic history as revealed in his three Napoleonic-era novels. Two commentaries follow: the first on English attitudes and actions in a London suburb during the Interbellum (1918-1939) in his novels The Dreaming Suburb and The Avenue Goes to War, and the second on his Craddock trilogy, set in Devonshire, dramatizing the English experience from the Boer War until the late 1960s.
Details
- Pages
- X, 314
- Publication Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453905272
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433113956
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0527-2
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (February)
- Keywords
- cultural historyR. F. Delderfieldnovel
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. X, 314 pp.
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