Mary Butts

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Angèle au Couvent

Angèle au Couvent

Mary Frances Butts was born on 13th December 1890 in Poole, Dorset.Her early years were spent at Salterns, an 18th-century house overlooking Poole Harbour. Sadly in 1905 her father died, and she was sent for boarding at St Leonard's school for girls...

Mary Frances Butts was born on 13th December 1890 in Poole, Dorset.Her early years were spent at Salterns, an 18th-century house overlooking Poole Harbour. Sadly in 1905 her father died, and she was sent for boarding at St Leonard's school for girls...

Mary Butts - A Short Story Collection

Mary Butts - A Short Story Collection

Mary Frances Butts was born on 13th December 1890 in Poole, Dorset.Her early years were spent at Salterns, an 18th-century house overlooking Poole Harbour. Sadly in 1905 her father died, and she was sent for boarding at St Leonard's school for girls...

Mary Butts - Six of the Best

Mary Butts - Six of the Best

Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that...

Stories About Siblings

Stories About Siblings

Those closest to us, especially in our early years, are the immediate members of our family. We look to them for love, guidance, care and attention.But as the years pass things change. Siblings may become closer, they may become rivals. But things...

The Top 10 Short Stories - Horror - The Women

The Top 10 Short Stories - Horror - The Women

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult...