4 quotes by Margaret Forster (1938-2016), British (Novelist)

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Margaret Forster

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

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I absolutely adored Wuthering Heights and fell in love with Heathcliff as most girls do.

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God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.

Margaret Forster

I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.

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About the Author

Margaret Forster

Born: May 25, 1938
Died: February 8, 2016
Nationality: British
Profession: Novelist, Biographer, Literary Critic

Biography

Margaret Forster was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and critic, best known for the 1965 novel Georgy Girl, made into a successful film of the same name, which inspired a hit song by The Seekers. Other successes were a 2003 novel, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, biographies of Daphne du Maurier and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and her memoirs Hidden Lives and Precious Lives.

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