Frances Partridge
Biography
Frances Partridge (1900-2004), one of the great diarists in English Literature, was born in London, the youngest daughter of the architect William Marshall. She was educated at Bedales from 1915 and went up to Newnham College, Cambridge in 1918 to read English and Moral Sciences. After leaving Cambridge in 1921, she worked in the bookshop of David ('Bunny') Garnett and Francis Birrell at 30 Gerrard Street, London. She married Ralph Partridge in 1933, and their son (Lytton) Burgo was born in 1935.
She kept a detailed diary of her varied life, revealing her friendships with members of the Bloomsbury Group amongst others, and her publications include eight volumes of diaries: 'A Pacifist's War' (diaries 1939-45); 'Memories' (1900-1932); 'Everything to Lose' (1945-60); 'Hanging On' (1960-63); 'Other People' (1963-66); 'Good Company' (1967-70); 'Life Regained' (1970-72); 'Ups and Downs' (1972-75 ); as well as 'Julia' (1983); 'Friends in Focus: A Life in Photographs' (1987); and 'The Pasque Flower' (1990).
In addition, Frances Partridge published many translations from French and Spanish, book reviews, articles and obituaries.
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