Sheila kaye smith
sheila kaye smith (4 February 1887- 14 january 1956)
was an English novelist and poet many of her novels were set in the borderlands of sussex and kent in the English regional tradition tradition. Her book the End of the house of alard' a best seller
The story is about a peasant woman who finds a desperate young man at her doorstep pleading fo her to give him protection from the police he had been poaching on the nearby estate and in panic had killed one of the gamekeepers.
sheila kaye smith was an english writer known for her many novels set and best in a english 1923 book the end of the house of alard became a best seller and gave her prominence it was followed by other successes and her books enjoyed worldwide sales.
- Born 4 february 1887 saint leonards united kingdom
- Died 14 january 1956 narthiam united kingdom
- movies The Loves of joanna Godden
Writing
kaye smiths novels encompassed more than one genre of fiction her earliest novels partly fit into the earthy rural category together with those of mary E mann mary webb d h lawrence and thomas hardy this genre stella ets
life
Sheila kaye smith is life is the daughter of a physician and his wife sheila kaye smith was born near hastinhs in sussex she lived most of her life in her youth
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