I am all for singing. If I had had children, I should have hounded them into choirs and choral societies, and if they weren't good enough for that, I would have sent them out, to sing in the streets.

—Sylvia Townsend Warner

About Sylvia Townsend Warner

Portrait of Sylvia Townsend Warner

Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (6 December 1893 – 1 May 1978) was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as the novels Lolly Willowes (1926) and The Corner That Held Them (1948), and the short story collection Kingdoms of Elfin (1977). She spent most of her adult...

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