Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Frances Partridge
Born: March 15, 1900
Died: February 5, 2004 (aged 103)
Bio: Frances Catherine Partridge was an English writer. A long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group, she is probably best known for the publication of her diaries. She married Ralph Partridge in 1933. The couple had one son, Burgo Partridge.
Known for:
- Love in Bloomsbury (1981)
- A pacifist's war (1978)
- Diaries of Frances Partridge, 1939-1972 (2000)
- Life Regained Diaries 1970-1972 (1998)
- Everything to lose (1985)