author
Stella Benson
1892–1933
A witty, unconventional English writer, she brought together fiction, poetry, travel writing, and feminist conviction in a life cut short far too soon. Her books often mix sharp social observation with fantasy, humor, and a restless sense of movement through the modern world.
5 Audiobooks
Living Alone
by Stella Benson
This Is the End
by Stella Benson
Twenty
by Stella Benson
The Poor Man
by Stella Benson
I Pose
by Stella Benson
About the author
Born in Shropshire in 1892, Stella Benson grew up with fragile health and was educated mostly at home. She became involved in suffrage work before and during the First World War, and that independent, questioning spirit runs through her writing.
Benson published novels, poems, short stories, and travel writing, and she became especially known for books that blend realism with whimsy and satire. Among her best-known works are I Pose and Living Alone, and her writing often turns a skeptical, lively eye on convention, loneliness, and the limited roles available to women.
After marrying James O'Gorman Anderson in 1921, she lived and traveled widely, including in China and Hong Kong, experiences that fed into her later work. She died in 1933, but her reputation has lasted because her voice still feels fresh: playful, intelligent, and never quite willing to accept the world as it is.