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Margery Sharp

Margery Sharp

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Margery Sharp was born Salisbury, Wiltshire. She attended Chiswick House High School in Malta in 1912-1913, and Streatham Hill High School 1914-1923. In 1925 she went to Bedford College, earning a general arts degree and then a BA in French. She studied art for one year at Westminster Art School. After school she became a full-time writer, writing short stories and working on a novel. In 1938 she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer. During World War II she served as an Army Education Lecturer, travelling and lecturing and continuing to write. She produced 26 novels for adults, 14 stories for children, 4 plays, 2 mysteries, and many short stories. Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. ========== The Rescuers original book series list: 1. The Rescuers 1959 (quite different from the movie) 2. Miss Bianca 1962 3. The Turret 1963 4. Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines 1967 5. Miss Bianca in the Orient 1970 6. Miss Bianca in the Antarctic 1971 7. Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid 1972 8. Bernard the Brave 1977 9. Bernard into Battle 1978 (reviewer's note: violence, not recommended for small children) Novelizations of the Disney movies, The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990) are also available.

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The Foolish Gentlewoman
Representative edition published 2021
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Harlequin House
Representative edition published 2021
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Fanfare for Tin Trumpets
Representative edition published 2021
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Rhododendron Pie
Representative edition published 2021
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Four Gardens
Representative edition published 2021
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Stone of Chastity
Representative edition published 2021
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Martha in Paris, a Novel
Representative edition published 2021
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Cluny Brown
Representative edition published 2020
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The Flowering Thorn
Representative edition published 2018
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The Nutmeg Tree
Representative edition published 2018
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Something Light
Representative edition published 2018
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Rescuers
Representative edition published 2016
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Martha in Paris
Representative edition published 2016
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Les aventures de Cluny Brown
Representative edition published 2015
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Gli occhi dell'amore
Representative edition published 2014
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The rescuers
Representative edition published 2011
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Melisande
Representative edition published 2007
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The stone of chastity
Representative edition published 2005
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The Eye of Love
Representative edition published 2004
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The Eye of Love
Representative edition published 2004
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The Nutmeg Tree
Representative edition published 2003
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The rescuers
Representative edition published 1994
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Miss Bianca in the Orient
Representative edition published 1993
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Disney's The rescuers
Representative edition published 1989
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