Mariana (novel)
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Mariana is the first novel by the author
Monica Dickens
. Mariana is a coming of age novel, which describes the growth and experience of a young English
girl in the 1930s as the first hints of war begin to permeate English domestic life. First published by Michael Joseph, it was reprinted by Persephone Books
in 1999 and is the second in their collection.
The title is a reference to the poem of the same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Author
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Monica Dickens
Monica Dickens
Monica Enid Dickens, MBE was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.-Biography:...
. Mariana is a coming of age novel, which describes the growth and experience of a young English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
girl in the 1930s as the first hints of war begin to permeate English domestic life. First published by Michael Joseph, it was reprinted by Persephone Books
Persephone Books
Persephone Books is an independent publisher based in Bloomsbury, London. Founded in 1999 by Nicola Beauman, Persephone has a catalogue of 93 "neglected novels, diaries, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, biography and cookery books, mostly by women and mostly dating from the early to...
in 1999 and is the second in their collection.
The title is a reference to the poem of the same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson