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Elinor Jenkins

Born in India and later known for fiction rooted in Welsh life, this early 20th-century novelist wrote with a strong sense of place and character. Her work includes historical and contemporary novels, as well as writing for younger readers.

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Poems

by Elinor Jenkins

About the author

Elinor Jenkins was a British novelist born on September 3, 1893, in Bombay, India. She was the daughter of Sir John Lewis Jenkins, a senior civil servant in British India, and Florence Mildred Trevor.

She became known for novels connected with Wales, especially stories set in Cardiganshire. Her books include The Busy Body, Drigo, and Shell House, and she also wrote historical fiction and children's books.

Jenkins died on September 26, 1960, in London. Although she is not as widely read today as some of her contemporaries, her fiction is still noted for its vivid regional settings and its picture of Welsh social life.