Molly Keane

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Molly Keane (1904 – 1996) was an Irish novelist (born Mary Nesta Skrine in Ballyrankin, County Kildare). Keane was her married name which she used for her later novels, several of which (Good Behaviour, Time After Time) have been adapted for television. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote 11 novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell.[1] Molly was a member of Aosdána.[2] When her husband died at age 36 in 1961, she didn't write again for twenty years. In 1981 she wrote Good Behaviour under her own name; the novel was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.[3] She died in Ardmore, County Waterford in 1996.

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As "Molly Keane"

  • Good Behaviour
  • Queen Lear
  • Time After Time
  • Conversation Piece
  • The Knight of Cheerful Countenance
  • Loving and Giving
  • Red Letter Days
  • Taking Chances
  • Young Entry

As "M. J. Farrell"

  • Full House
  • Mad Puppetstown
  • Taking Chances
  • Two Days in Aragon
  • Devoted Ladies
  • Loving Without Tears
  • The Rising Tide

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[edit] References

  1. ^ David Higham Client Entry. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
  2. ^ Information For Writers and Producers of Radio Drama. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
  3. ^ About the prize. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
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