Brigid Brophy
Brigid Antonia Brophy (married name Brigid Levey, later Lady Levey; 12 June 19297 August 1995), was an English author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual parity, vegetarianism, humanism, and animal rights. Brophy appeared frequently on television and in the newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s, making her prominent both in literary circles and on the wider cultural scene. Her public reputation as an intellectual woman meant she was both revered and feared. Her oeuvre comprises both fiction and non-fiction, displaying the impressive range of Brophy's erudition and interests. All her work is suffused with her stylish crispness and verve.Brophy's major achievements include igniting contemporary debate about animal rights, and the establishment of the Public Lending Right by which writers in the UK receive a payment each time their book is borrowed from a public library. Provided by Wikipedia
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Prancing novelist; a defence of fiction in the form of a critical biography in praise of Ronald Firbank. by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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The adventures of God in his search for the Black girl. by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Beardsley and his world / by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Palace without chairs / by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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In transit : an [sic] heroi-cyclic novel / by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Fifty works of English and American literature we could do without, by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Flesh. by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Don't never forget; collected views and reviews. by Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Shakespeare in perspective.
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Die Zauberflöte [and] Die Entführung aus dem Serail. by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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