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Upper Radstowe

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Upper Radstowe was a fictional place used by the novelist E. H. Young.

It was based on Clifton, a fashionable inner district of the city of Bristol in South West England.[1][2]

Upper Radstowe was the setting for seven novels:

  • The Misses Mallett (1922)
  • William (1925)
  • Miss Mole (1930)
  • Jenny Wren (1932)
  • The Curate’s Wife (1934)
  • Celia (1937)
  • Chatterton Square (1947)

References

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  1. ^ Briganti, Chiara (2006). Domestic Modernism, the Interwar Novel, and E.H. Young. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9780754653172.
  2. ^ Pascoe, Michael. "Clifton Famous and Infamous". Clifton Online. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.