Margaret Drabble began to write when she was an unemployed actress in England; her stories about independent, Austen-esque heroines are dramatic, but carry the intellectual weight of Drabble's own narrative inventiveness and incisive social commentary.

Great Good Places
Releases 10/13/2026

The Oxford Companion to English Literature
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The Juniper Tree
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The Millstone
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The Seven Sisters
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The Radiant Way
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The Dark Flood Rises
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The Wise Wound: Menstruation and Everywoman
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A Summer Bird-Cage
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The Red Queen
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At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond
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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short
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The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws
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The Needle's Eye
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The Peppered Moth
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Jerusalem the Golden
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The Gates of Ivory
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The Garrick Year
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The Witch of Exmoor
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A Natural Curiosity
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The Waterfall
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The Pure Gold Baby
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The Ice Age
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Oxford Concise Companion to English Literature: A Guide to Writers, Works, Characters and Plots
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Arnold Bennett
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The Sea Lady
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