Olive Garnett

Olive Garnett
Garnett in 1893
Born
Olivia Rayne Garnett

(1871-08-21)21 August 1871
Marylebone, England
Died17 March 1958(1958-03-17) (aged 86)
Minehead, England
Other namesOlive Garnett
EducationQueen's College, London[1]
Parent(s)Richard Garnett
RelativesRichard Garnett (grandfather)
Edward Garnett (brother)
Constance Garnett (sister in law)]]

Olive Garnett ( 21 August 1871 – 17 March 1958) was an English diarist and author of two collections of short stories inspired by her time in Russia. Her diaries, rediscovered in the 1970s, included new details about Ford Madox Ford’s early life, work, marriage and nervous breakdown.[2]

  1. ^ "London Day by Day". Daily Telegraph and Courier. London, UK. 1890-01-20. p. 5.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Moser, Thomas C (1980). The life in the fiction of Ford Madox Ford. Princeton, USA: Princeton University Press. p. xi. ISBN 9781400856206.