LONDON WAR NOTES 1939-1945

GOOD EVENING, MRS CRAVEN: THE WARTIME STORIES OF MOLLIE PANTER-DOWNES

In this collection of short stories, written between 1939 and 1944, many aspects of English domestic life during the War are explored including separation, sewing parties, and evacuees.

MY HUSBAND SIMON

Published in 1931 in the immediate aftermath of D H Lawrences Lady Chatterleys Lover controversy, Mollie Panter-Downes's book explores the different echelons of the increasingly self-conscious middle class and the ways in which the tensions and nuances of vocabulary, dress, occupation, politics, taste and, ultimately, the literary world contribute to the incompatibility of a marriage.