Josephine Leslie
Josephine Leslie | |
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| Born | Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley 8 June 1898 Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 28 April 1979 (age 80) |
| Other names | R. A. Dick |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, playwright, novelist |
| Known for | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (novel) |
Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley Leslie (8 June 1898 – 28 April 1979) was an Irish writer, usually under the name R. A. Dick, taking the initials from her sea captain father.
Biography
[edit]Josephine A. C. Rowley was born in Wexford, Ireland, the daughter of Robert Abercromby Dick Rowley and Josephine Rosling Rowley. Her father died the same year she was born.[1] Her widowed mother, who was born in Surrey, raised her and her older brother, Edward, in England, specifically in Sunninghill,[2] Ealing[3][4] and Eastbourne.[5] She attended Princess Helena College.[6]
In 1927, Rowley married civil servant Melville Eric Leslie.[7][8] They had a son and a daughter. Melville Leslie was a colonial administrator in Nyasaland (Malawi) from the 1920s until 1947.[9] Josephine Leslie died in 1979, at the age of 80.
Literary career
[edit]Leslie most famously wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was made into a 1947 film and adapted for a 1960s TV series.[10] She also wrote the novels Unpainted Portrait (1954), Duet for Two Hands (1960), and The Devil and Mrs. Devine (1975)[11] and a play, Witch Errant (1954).[12]
Selected works
[edit]- Dick, R. A. (1945). The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. London, White Lion Ltd.[13]
- Dick, R. A. (1954). Unpainted Portrait. London, Hodder and Stoughton
- Dick, R. A. (1954). Witch Errant (a play)[12]
- Dick, R. A. (1960). Duet for Two Hands. Robert Hale
- Leslie, J. (1975). The Devil and Mrs Devine. London, Millington[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Abercromby Dick Rowley of Wexford (died 17 November 1898), in the England and Wales National Probate Calendar, 1858-1995, via Ancestry
- ^ Josephine A. Rowley in the 1901 England Census, via Ancestry.
- ^ 1911 England Census for Josephine Aimée Campbell Rowley, via Ancestry
- ^ Josephine Amy Campbell Rowley, in the London, England, Church of England Confirmation Records, 1838-1923, via Ancestry.
- ^ Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley, in the 1921 England Census, via Ancestry.
- ^ "Princess Helena College Annual Prize Distribution; Visit of Lord George Hamilton". Acton Gazette. 19 December 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ East Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley, via Ancestry.
- ^ "Melville Eric Leslie (death notice)". The Daily Telegraph. 14 August 1982. p. 24. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Melville Eric Leslie". The Society of Malawi Journal. 36 (1): 12–12. 1983. ISSN 0037-993X.
- ^ "Dick, R. A., 1898-1979". lccn.loc.gov Library of Congress LCCN Permalink nr95034313). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Leslie, Josephine; Dick, R. A. (1975). Google Books: The Devil and Mrs Devine. ISBN 9780860000488. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b "'Witch Errant' at the Olympia; Famous Actress in Entertaining Play". Irish Independent. 16 November 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stetz, Margaret D. (1996). ""The Ghost and MRS. Muir": Laughing with the Captain in the House". Studies in the Novel. 28 (1): 93–112. ISSN 0039-3827. JSTOR 29533115.
- ^ Leslie, Josephine; Dick, R. A. (1975). The Devil and Mrs Devine. Millington. ISBN 978-0-86000-048-8.
Sources
[edit]- Stetz, Margaret D (1996) "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Laughing with the captain in the house", Studies in the Novel, Vol. 28, Iss 1, (Spring 1996), pp. 93–112.
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