Bentley Phyllis Životopis
Phyllis Bentleyová, rodačka z Yorkshire, vkládá do svých děl bohatou historii a kulturu severní Anglie. Její próza se vyznačuje detailním zobrazením života a sociálních změn, zejména v kontextu průmyslového rozvoje regionu. Bentleyová mistrně zachycuje vývoj rodinných dynastií a jejich proplétání s širšími společenskými silami. Její tvorba je cenným literárním svědectvím o životě v průmyslových centrech a lidských osudech, které je formovaly.
Phyllis Bentley was born in 1894 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where she was educated until she attended Cheltenham Ladies College, Gloucestershire. In 1932 her best-known work, Inheritance, was published to widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. This was in contrast to her previous efforts, a collection of short stories entitled The World's Bane and several poor-selling novels. The triumph of Inheritance made her the most successful English regional novelist since Thomas Hardy, and she produced two more novels to create a trilogy; The Rise of Henry Morcar and A Man of His Time. This accomplishment made her a much demanded speaker and she became an expert on the Bronte family. Over her career Bentley garnered many awards; an honorary DLitt from Leeds University (1949); a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1958); awarded an OBE (1970).She died in 1977. - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/phyllis-bentley#sthash.nEJUmhpN.dpuf