Poor Relations (novel)

	Poor Relations (novel) ''Poor Relations'' is a 1919 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. In contrast to his grimmer ''Sylvia and Michael ''Sylvia and Michael'' is 1919 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie, sometimes known by the longer name ''The Later Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett''. It was published as a sequel to the 1918 work '' Sylvia Scarlett'', and portrays the her ...'', published the same year, the story was a light-hearted comedy about the ups-and-downs of a playwright. It was followed by a sequel '' April Fools'' in 1930. References Further reading * David Joseph Dooley. ''Compton Mackenzie''. Twayne Publishers, 1974. 1919 British novels Novels by Compton Mackenzie {{1910s-comedy-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Compton Mackenzie Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952. Background Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his English grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known Shakespearean actor of the Victorian era. His father, Edward Compton Mackenzie, and mother, Virginia Frances Bateman, were actors and theatre company managers; his sister, Fay Compton, (whose son was Anthony Pelissier, Compton's nephew), starred in many of J. M. Barrie's plays, including ''Peter Pan''. He was educated at St P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April Fools (novel) ''April Fools'' is a 1930 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It is the sequel to his 1919 work '' Poor Relations''.Linklater p.214 References Bibliography * David Joseph Dooley. ''Compton Mackenzie''. Twayne Publishers, 1974. * Andro Linklater. ''Compton Mackenzie: A Life'' Hogarth Press, 1992. 1930 British novels Novels by Compton Mackenzie British comedy novels Cassell (publisher) books Doubleday, Doran books {{1930s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Comedy Novel A comic novel is a novel-length work of humorous fiction. Many well-known authors have written comic novels, including P. G. Wodehouse, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain, and John Kennedy Toole. Comic novels are often defined by the author's literary choice to make the thrust of the work—in its narration or plot—funny or satirical in orientation, regardless of the putative seriousness of the topics addressed. While many novels may contain passages or themes that are comic or humorous, the defining characteristic of this genre is that comedy is the framework and baseline of the story, rather than an occasional or recurring motif. Literary scholars distinguish textual analysis on this basis; the theory being that a story by Mark Twain that is a satirical critique in its very origin, for example, must be understood differently than a more literal novelistic plot. American comic books first gained popularity in the 1930s, and their popularity has fluctuated over the years. Recently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sylvia And Michael ''Sylvia and Michael'' is 1919 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie, sometimes known by the longer name ''The Later Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett''. It was published as a sequel to the 1918 work '' Sylvia Scarlett'', and portrays the heroine's adventures in a number of European cities including Paris, Kyiv and Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ....Orel p.94-95 References Bibliography * Orel, Harold. ''Popular Fiction in England, 1914-1918''. University Press of Kentucky, 1992. 1919 British novels Novels by Compton Mackenzie {{1910s-adventure-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1919 British Novels Events January * January 1 The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]