ABSTRACT

Elizabeth Taylor was born in 1912 and had her fìrst novel published just after the war (At Mrs. Lippincote’s). Others are Palladian, 1947, A View of the Harbour, 1949, A Wreath of Roses, 1950, A Game of Hide and Seek, 1951, The Sleeping Beauty, 1953, Angel, 1957, In a Summer Season, 1961, and The Soul of Kindness, 1964. She has also written many short stories, collected variously. She writes with great humour and a sure story teller’s touch and some of her best work is about children, young girls, love affairs and the domestic and inner life of women.