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Daisy Ashford

Daisy Ashford
Ashford in 1919
Born
Margaret Mary Julia Ashford

(1881-04-03)3 April 1881
Petersham, London, England
Died15 January 1972(1972-01-15) (aged 90)
Norwich, England
OccupationNovelist
Notable workThe Young Visiters
SpouseJames Devlin (1920–1956; his death)
Children4

Margaret Mary Julia Devlin (née Ashford; 3 April 1881 – 15 January 1972), known as Daisy Ashford, was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella concerning the upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old.[1] The novella was published in 1919, preserving her juvenile spelling and punctuation. She wrote the title as "Viseters" in her manuscript, but it was published as "Visiters".[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "A Note on the text" in a 1989 edition of the book, Chatto & Windus, London ISBN 0-7011-2725-2

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