Norman Douglas - Wikipedia
George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books, such as Old Calabria (1915), were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.
Norman Douglas | Travel Writer, Novelist, Mediterranean ...
2024年12月4日 · Norman Douglas (born December 8, 1868, Thüringen, Austria—died February 9, 1952, Capri, Italy) was an essayist and novelist who wrote of southern Italy, where he lived for many years, latterly on the island of Capri—the setting of his most famous book, South Wind.
“South Wind,” a Strange Literary Best-Seller, a Hundred Years ...
2017年6月21日 · Jamie James revisits “South Wind,” the strange best-selling novel by the writer Norman Douglas, upon its hundredth anniversary.
South Wind (novel) - Wikipedia
South Wind is a 1917 novel by British author Norman Douglas. [1] It is Douglas's most famous book [2] and his only success as a novelist. [3] It is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, [1] a thinly fictionalized description of Capri's residents and visitors. The narrative concerns ...
Norman Douglas - The Atlantic
George Norman Douglas was eighty-three when he died, one of the last Europeans, extinct now as the bison of Besancon. Born on December 8, 1868, he was the third son of John Sholto Douglas of ...
George Norman Douglas, 1868-1952
George Norman Douglas (December 8, 1868 - February 7, 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. Norman Douglas was born in Thüringen, Austria (his surname was registered at birth as Douglass). His mother was Vanda von Poellnitz.
Norman Douglas - Spartacus Educational
One of the filthiest rogues to disgrace their rich heritage is the novelist and Uppingham alumni Norman Douglas, born in 1868. His various sexual scandals got him not only thrown out of the diplomatic service but also exiled from Britain....