Lucas Malet in Switzerland Aen Route to Vevey Talks
In this brisk encounter the American visitor meets Lucas Malet at the Trois Couronnes in Villeneuve. The writer, seventy three, recounts her early life, career, and novels such as Colonel Enderby’s Wife and Sir Richard Calmady while noting her style and focus on character over setting.
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Lucas Malet
America
Tucks “Malet
Sir Richard Calmady
Mary St. Leger Harrison
Charles Kingsley
Switzerland
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Lake Leman
Vevey
Trois Couronnes Hotel
Paris
Mary
St. Leger Harrison
Partier
Concierge
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Chasseur
Trois Couronnes
Henry James
Daisy Miller
Edith Wharton
Gertrude Atherton
Montreux
Villeneuve
Sinclair
Michael Arlen
Stacy Aumonier
Hugh Walpole
Flarrison
Darwin
Huxleys
London
Slade School
Wiliam de Morgan
The
Slade
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Husbéttyd
Abel Chevalley
Harold Ben Wright
United States
Meredith
Adrian Savage
Laces Malet
I Laughed. Helen de Vallorbes and Lucas Malet Speak
The interview with Lucas Malet includes praise for Helen de Vallorbes as a vivid courtesan type and notes her skill at making male characters real. She cites Beatrix Esmond, Sir Richard Calmady, and her own Dogs of Want, describing her writing routine and the joy of creation.
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Beatrix Esmond
Helen
Lucas Malet
Robert Hichens
England
Richard Calmady
Lucas Malet Defies Comfort to Forge Realist Novels
Dorothy Foeter Gilman profiles English novelist Lucas Malet, praising her relentless self-editing, disciplined method, and moral realism. The piece notes her resilience amid financial worries, her insistence on personal authorship, and the enduring quality of works like Little Peter The Wages of Sin and Sir Richard Calmady.
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Louis Malet
Peepee
Dorothy Foeter Gilman
Opportunity and time in ancient sayings
The piece reflects on Opportunity as a swift runner and warns against wasting time. It cites proverbs about seizing the moment and keeping pace with time, noting how delay can cause missed chances and urging prudent use of our minutes.
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