Author, reporter and literary critic. Born Cicily Fairfield, she began writing for The Freewoman under the pseudonym "Rebecca West" (one of Isben's characters) in 1912. Her Life of Henry James, published in 1916, establishd her reputation as a great writer. She began a liasion with H.G. Wells in 1913, which produced a son (Anthony West) in 1914. She subsequently married banker Henry Andrews in 1930. Her many novels include The Return of the Soldier (1918), The Judge (1922), Harriet Hume (1929), The Thinking Reed (1936), Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941), and The Fountain Overflows (1957). Her reportage included The Meaning of Treason (1949) and A Train of Powder (1955). Her memorial is a plain headstone which records her three names.
Author, reporter and literary critic. Born Cicily Fairfield, she began writing for The Freewoman under the pseudonym "Rebecca West" (one of Isben's characters) in 1912. Her Life of Henry James, published in 1916, establishd her reputation as a great writer. She began a liasion with H.G. Wells in 1913, which produced a son (Anthony West) in 1914. She subsequently married banker Henry Andrews in 1930. Her many novels include The Return of the Soldier (1918), The Judge (1922), Harriet Hume (1929), The Thinking Reed (1936), Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941), and The Fountain Overflows (1957). Her reportage included The Meaning of Treason (1949) and A Train of Powder (1955). Her memorial is a plain headstone which records her three names.
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