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Quotations
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Penelope Fitzgerald Quotes
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It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't...


Biography

Name: Penelope Fitzgerald
Variant Name: Penelope (Mary Knox) Fitzgerald, Penelope Mary Fitzgerald, Penelope (Mary) Fitzgerald
Birth Date: December 17, 1916
Nationality: British
Gender: Female

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Biography of Penelope Fitzgerald
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Penelope Fitzgerald's novels are described by Frank Kermode in the London Review of Books as "the kind of fiction in which perfection is almost to be hoped for." Louis B. Jones, in The New York Times Book Review (1 March 1992), places Fitzgerald firmly...
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Biography of Penelope Fitzgerald
3,847 words, approx. 13 pages
From virtually the outset of her career as a novelist, Penelope Fitzgerald's work has attracted serious critical attention. Her second novel, The Bookshop (1978), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, which is Britain's most valuable literary award,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Penelope Fitzgerald Information
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Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December, 1916 - 28 April, 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning British poet, essayist and biographer. She is perhaps best known as the author of nine novels, each of which displays characteristic qualities of intelligence, elegance...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Penelope Fitzgerald
05/09/2000: 1,127 words, approx. 4 pages
PENELOPE FITZGERALD delighted perhaps a wider range of readers than any novelist of her time. She was admired and enjoyed by every novel reader, but also by people who generally never read a novel at all. The power of her mind immediately made itself...
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Evening Standard - London
The angelic economy of Penelope Fitzgerald
10/16/2000: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
THE MEANS OF ESCAPE by Penelope Fitzgerald (Flamingo, 12.99) IWRITE too short; it's such a worry to me," Penelope Fitzgerald confessed to Hermione Lee in a radio interview. "My main trouble is that I always think I don't need to explain things to the...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Bruce Bawer
6,534 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Bawer traces the distinctive characteristics of Fitzgerald’s fiction and asserts that these features are most prominent in The Gate of Angels.
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Critical Essay by Julian Gitzen
5,481 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Gitzen studies Fitzgerald’s use of compression in her novels, tracing common features including a short time span, a restriction of plot, and a minimum number of prominent characters.
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Critical Review by Jonathan Raban
3,694 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following review, Raban lauds Fitzgerald’s ability to write as if from first-hand memory instead of historical research, especially in her Human Voices.
 


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