Margery Sharp

Clara Margery Melita Sharp ( born January 25, 1905 District Salisbury ( Wiltshire ), † 14 March 1991) was an English writer. She is best known for its children's books to Miss Bianca, an adventurous mouse lady.

Life

She was born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in the district of Salisbury ( Wiltshire ). She spent part of her childhood in Malta. In 1938 she married the engineer Major Geoffrey Castle.

Her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, she published in 1930. In her long career she wrote 26 novels for adults, many short stories, plays and some 14 children's books.

Many of her works were found to be international bestsellers, almost all have been translated into German.

Some of their works were used as templates for movies. So Ernst Lubitsch filmed The girl Cluny Brown ( Cluny Brown, 1944) in 1946 under the title Cluny Brown on courting. The best known is probably the Walt Disney animated film The Rescuers - The Rescuers (1977 ), the on Bianca and her friends ( The Rescuers, 1959) was based. The two main characters were then in Bernard and the Beast (1990 ) re-used.

Works (selection)

Novels and story books for adults

  • Rhododendron Pie, 1930
  • Fanfare for Tin Trumpets, 1932
  • The Nymph and The Nobleman, 1932
  • The Flowering Thorn, 1934 (Eng. A whim named Patrick, Vienna and Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-404-12112-0 last under )
  • Sophy Cassmajor, 1934
  • Four Gardens, 1935
  • The Nutmeg Tree, 1937 (Eng. The Perfect Lady, Berlin 1939 ISBN 3-548-23283-3 last under )
  • Harlequin House, 1939
  • The Stone of Chastity, 1940 (Eng. The stone of chastity, Bergisch Gladbach, 1975, ISBN 3-404-01308-5 last under )
  • Three Companion Pieces ( 1941)
  • Cluny Brown, 1944 (Eng. The girl Cluny Brown, Hamburg 1954, ISBN 3-404-00111-7 last under )
  • Britannia Mews, 1946 (Eng. Britannia Street [ also: Britannia Street ], Bern 1947)
  • The Foolish Gentlewoman (1948 )
  • Lise Lillywhite, 1951 (Eng. The girl on the balcony, Vienna around 1983, ISBN 3-404-10502-8 last under )
  • The Gipsy in the Parlour, 1954 (Eng. Fanny Brautfahrt, Hamburg 1956)
  • The Eye of Love, 1957 ( German Eye of Love, Hamburg 1959)
  • Something Light, 1960 (Eng. love at last glance, Hamburg 1961, ISBN 3-404-00123-0 last under )
  • Martha in Paris, 1962 ( German semester in Paris, Hamburg 1963)
  • The girl in the grass and other stories, Hamburg 1964
  • Martha, Eric and George, 1964 (Eng. The bad mother, Claassen Verlag, Hamburg 1966)
  • The Sun in Scorpio, 1965 (Eng. The Sun in Scorpio, Hamburg and Dusseldorf 1967)
  • In Pious Memory, 1967 ( German widow until further notice, Hamburg and Dusseldorf 1970)
  • Pink, 1970 ( German Pink, Hamburg and Dusseldorf 1972, ISBN 3-499-11682-0 last under )
  • The Innocents, 1972 ( German Autumn Spring, Hamburg and Dusseldorf 1973, ISBN 3-404-05138-6 last under )
  • The Lost Chapel Picnic and Other Stories, 1973 (Eng. The picnic in the chapel. Stories, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-404-10289-4 last under )
  • The Faithful Servants, 1975 ( ger beloved servant, Dusseldorf 1977, under ISBN 3-548-20032- X)
  • Summer Visits 1977 (German Cotton Hall has always guests, Vienna and Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-404-18035-6 last under )

Children's Books

  • The Rescuers, London, 1959 ( ISBN 0-00712668-9 last under ) (English Bianca and her friends, Einsiedeln, Zurich and Cologne, 1963, ISBN 3-473-39304-5 last under )
  • Miss Bianca, London and Boston, 1962 ( German Bianca. Their adventures in the diamond castle, Zurich, Cologne and Einsiedeln 1967)
  • The Turret, Boston 1963
  • Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines, London and Boston 1966
  • Miss Bianca in the Orient, London and Boston 1970
  • Miss Bianca in the Antarctic, London 1970
  • Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid, London and Boston 1972
  • The Magical Cockatoo, London, 1974 ( ISBN 0-43496305-4 )
  • The Children Next Door, London, 1974 ( ISBN 0-43495878-6 )
  • Bernard the Brave. A Miss Bianca Story, London 1976
  • Bernard into Battle. A Miss Bianca Story, Boston c.1978

Stage plays

  • Meeting at Night ( premiered in 1934)
  • Lady in Waiting ( premiered in New York 1940)
  • The Foolish Gentlewoman ( premiered in 1949)

Films

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