the little white horse by elizabeth goudge

She had great empathy for people and a talent for finding the comic side of things, displayed to great effect in her writing. Unfortunately, she suffered from depression for much of her life. As her writing career took off, she began to travel to other nations. During this time, she wrote a few plays, and was encouraged to write novels by a publisher. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with her parents. She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college.

Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with her Elizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.Įlizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school.

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. Elizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.

The little white horse by elizabeth goudge