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Art, at any rate in a novel, must be indissolubly linked with craft.

Elizabeth Bowen

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Elizabeth Bowen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: June 7
Died: 1973
Died: February 22
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Dublin city
Elisabeth Bowen
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Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.
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