G. B. Lancaster (Edith Lyttleton), 1873-1945

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  • Philip Steer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v7i1.773

Abstract

Edith Lyttleton, writing under the penname of G. B. Lancaster, was until the 1970s New Zealand’s most successful popular fiction writer. A prolific author of both short stories and novels, she achieved her success by writing colonial adventure stories in defiance of familial and societal expectations. Living in London, she became an established author in the English short-story market and several of her stories were adapted for the movies.

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Philip Steer

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Published

2007-06-08