Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
Author of The Light Years
About the Author
Elizabeth Jane Howard was born in London, England on March 26, 1923. She was educated by governesses at home. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, was published in 1950 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Her other works include the series the Cazalet Chronicles, Falling, and the autobiography show more Slipstream. The first two novels of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Light Years and Marking Time, became the BBC TV series The Cazalets in 2001. The other books in the series are Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change. She also edited several anthologies and wrote short stories, articles, television plays, film scripts and a book on food with Fay Maschler. She was made a CBE in 2000. She died on January 2, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
Series
Works by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Cazalet Chronicle Series and Midwife Trilogy Collection (7 Books) (2014) — Contributor — 7 copies
Elizabeth Jane Howard 4 Books Bundle Collection (Confusion, Casting Off, Marking Time, All Change) (2015) 4 copies
Falling Love All 3 copies
The Collected Novels Volume Two: Odd Girl Out, Something in Disguise, Falling, and Getting It Right (2018) 2 copies
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education: His Writings, Speeches and Letters (2003) — Editor — 2 copies
Upstairs Downstairs: Fourth Season - Volume III [TV series, 1974] — Writer — 1 copy
Marking Time / Casting Off 1 copy
Howard Elizabeth Jane 1 copy
Three Miles Up 1 copy
La Longue-vue 1 copy
Amarsi (Italian Edition) 1 copy
2018 1 copy
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Long View, The Sea Change, The Beautiful Visit, and After Julius (2018) 1 copy
Marriage Anthology 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1923-03-26
- Date of death
- 2014-01-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK - Occupations
- short-story writer
novelist
actor - Relationships
- Scott, Peter (first husband)
Amis, Kingsley (third husband)
Amis, Martin (step-son)
Aickman, Robert (lover) - Organizations
- Inland Waterways Association
- Awards and honors
- CBE (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1951) - Short biography
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, known as Jane, worked briefly as an actor in provincial theater before marrying Sir Peter Scott in 1942, at age 19. They had a daughter, Nicola, and divorced in 1951. A second marriage, to Jim Douglas-Henry in 1958, was brief. Her third marriage to novelist Kingsley Amis lasted from 1965 to 1983. She published her first novel in 1950 and her autobiography, Slipstream, in 2002.
- Disambiguation notice
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
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149. Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard in Backlisted Book Club (March 2022)
Elizabeth Jane Howard in Virago Modern Classics (January 2014)
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Statistics
- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 15
- Members
- 5,655
- Popularity
- #4,378
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
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- Favorited
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I love a good family saga, and this most certainly is one. Elizabeth Jane Howard puts her female characters at the center, often the source of real power in the family. At the same time, she shows the ways women are disadvantaged in society, through limited education (which continues with the female Cazalet children), to dependence on male wage earners and a complete lack of reproductive freedom. Also, the children are multi-dimensional, setting them up to play more significant roles in the ten years that play out in the remaining Cazalet Chronicles novels. I am really looking forward to continuing this series.… (more)