| LC control no. | n 83008855 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6023.E875 |
| Personal name heading | Leverson, Ada, 1862-1933 |
| Variant(s) | Beddington, Ada Esther, 1862-1933 Moses, Ada Esther, 1862-1933 |
| Biography/History note | b. Ada Esther Beddington, 1862-10-10; d. 1933-08-30 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1862-10-10 |
| Death date | 1933-08-30 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Fiction Parodies |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Novelists |
| Found in | Her The limit, 1911. Oxford dictionary of national biography, 21 February 2013 (Ada Esther Moses; father later changed the family name to Beddington; born 10 October 1862 in London, died 30 August 1933 in London; British writer, primarily as a novelist; married Ernest Leverson) Jewish Women's Archives (website), viewed March 23, 2024: Ada Leverson (1862-1933) (Ada Leverson began her literary career by contributing sketches, parodies and stories, noted for their witty social comment, to the English press and to magazines like the famous Yellow Book. Although essentially a product of the revolt against High Victorianism, as well as of Edwardian and pre-War social mores, Ada Leverson remained attuned to the latest cultural trends, and was quite a prominent figure in the literary and artistic circles of the 1920s. Her stylish and pleasurable novels afford invaluable insights into the human comedy and the English society of her day. Ada Esther Beddington was born in London on October 10, 1862, the eldest of the nine children of Samuel and Zillah Beddington. Ada's wedding to Ernest Leverson, a wealthy City diamond broker twelve years her senior, took place on December 6, 1881.) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/leverson-ada> Jewish Women's Archives (website), viewed March 23, 2024: Ada Leverson (1862-1933) (Her first novel, The Twelfth Hour, was published to acclaim in 1907. There followed Love's Shadow in 1908, which introduced Edith and Bruce Ottley, an intelligent bored wife endowed with a sense of humour and her self-centred humourless husband, who would reappear in Tenterhooks (1912) and Love at Second Sight (1916). These three novels were reprinted as The Little Ottleys in 1962 when there was a second revival of interest in her work (the first having occurred in 1950-1951), and again twenty years later in 1982 in a period of active feminism. Ada Leverson's talent lay in sharp characterization, scintillating dialogue, and witty social satire, accompanied by a penetrating understanding of life's illusions--qualities to be found also in The Limit (1911) and Bird of Paradise (1914). She stayed within her limits and was criticized for paying insufficient attention to the 1914-1918 War. She died in London on August 30, 1933.) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/leverson-ada> |
| Associated language | eng |
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