Monica Enid Dickens was a writer.
Dickens was the great-granddaughter of the author Charles Dickens, and was born into the upper-middle class. She became disillusioned her privilege and became a domestic servant. Her experiences as a servant and cook were the subject of her first book, "One Pair of Hands," published in 1939. Her second book, "One Pair of Feet," was about her experiences as a nurse. She also worked in an aircraft factory and on a local newspaper.
Dickens then married a U.S. Navy officer and moved to the United States. She continued to write and was a columnist for the British magazine Woman's Own.
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Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Fiction, Children's fiction, Children's stories, Biography, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Authors, english, Country life, English Authors, Horses, Pets, Social life and customs, Authors, biography, Cooks, Cooks, biography, English Women authors, English fiction, Fantasy fiction, Follyfoot (Imaginary place), Great britain, social life and customs, Horror tales, Horsemanship, Manners and customsPlaces
Great Britain, London (England), 1666 Great Fire, London, England, Jamaica, London, New England, United StatesPeople
Monica Dickens (1915-), Bill Hutchinson, Carlos, Dickens family, Dickens family (Charles Dickens), Ernest Valdemar, George, Harry Graves, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, Monica Dickens, Monica Dikens (1915-), Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, Tessie HutchinsonID Numbers
- OLID: OL530290A
- ISNI: 0000000110323688
- VIAF: 109160958
- Wikidata: Q273311
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q273311
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- MONICA DICKENS
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