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Phyllis Bottome
1882–1963
An adventurous British novelist and short-story writer, Phyllis Bottome explored personal freedom, psychology, and the political dangers of fascism. Her best-known novels, including Private Worlds and The Mortal Storm, brought social conscience and dramatic insight to a wide audience.
10 Audiobooks
The Second Fiddle
by Phyllis Bottome
The Dark Tower
by Phyllis Bottome
"Broken Music"
by Phyllis Bottome
The master hope
by Phyllis Bottome
The Kingfisher
by Phyllis Bottome
The Victim and The Worm
by Phyllis Bottome
A servant of reality
by Phyllis Bottome
Life, the Interpreter
by Phyllis Bottome
Helen of Troy; and Rose
by Phyllis Bottome
The perfect wife
by Phyllis Bottome
About the author
Phyllis Bottome was a British novelist and short-story writer whose career spanned much of the 20th century. Born in Kent in 1882, she began writing after illness ended her hopes of becoming an actress. Her fiction often focused on independent women, moral courage, and the pressures placed on individuals by society.
Bottome was strongly influenced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler and later wrote his biography at his request. She was also an active anti-fascist; her novel The Mortal Storm, set in Nazi Germany, became one of her most widely recognized works. Several of her books were adapted for film, including Private Worlds, Danger Signal, and The Heart of a Child. She died in London in 1963.