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    Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, DBE, FRSL (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. Drabble's books include The...
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    A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to...
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    Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; 24 August 1936 – 16 November 2023), known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt (/ˈbaɪ.ət/ BY-ət)...
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  • A drabble is a work of fiction that is exactly 100 words long. The word may also refer to: Drabble (surname) Drabble (comic strip), a comic strip by Kevin...
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  • His Honour John Frederick Drabble, QC (8 May 1906 – 19 December 1982) was an English barrister and County Court Judge. An occasional novelist, he was...
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  • Drabble is a British surname. Two possible origins have been suggested for the name. One possible source is a derivation from an Old English personal...
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  • Philip Percy Cooper Drabble OBE (13 May 1914 – 29 July 2007) was an English countryman, author and television presenter (notably One Man and His Dog)...
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  • Geoffrey Drabble (born December 1959) is a British businessman, and was the CEO of Ashtead Group, an industrial equipment rental company and FTSE 100...
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    Retrieved 4 June 2020. Drabble, p. 56 Drabble, p. 57 Hepburn (2013), p. 11 Drabble, p. 59 Drabble, p. 66 Young, p. 9; and Drabble, p. 78 Birch, Dinah (ed)...
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  • Arthur Brownell Drabble (12 February 1864 – 28 July 1931) was a Welsh-born cricketer. He played four first-class matches in New Zealand for Otago between...
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  • Drabble is an internationally syndicated comic strip that appears in about 200 newspapers. Kevin Fagan created the strip in 1979 and remains the sole...
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  • in 2017, after which he retired. Swift was married to novelist Margaret Drabble from 1960 until their divorce in 1975. He was the father of one daughter...
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  • Frank Drabble (8 July 1888 – 29 July 1964) was a professional footballer who played for Bloxwich Wesley, Southport YMCA, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham...
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  • Drabble (born 6 July 1990 in Newcastle, England) is a former rugby union player who played for Leeds Carnegie in Premiership Rugby. Gareth Drabble's position...
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  • Eric Frederic Drabble FLS (1877–1933) was a British botanist and leading authority on British Viola. Drabble was a lecturer in botany at St Thomas's Hospital...
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  • in time to receive a second call from a man identifying himself as Drabble. Drabble demonstrates he knows exactly who Tarrant is and what jobs he does...
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  • born in Highbury, north London, the daughter of Clive Swift and Margaret Drabble. Her brothers are Adam Swift and Joe Swift. As a student, Swift attended...
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  • consideration for the work, the non-exclusive grant is irrevocable. In Drabble (Harold) Ltd v. Hycolite Manufacturing Co. (44 TLR 264 (1928)), an advertising...
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    society." Novels portal Literature portal Anthology Conte Conte cruel Drabble Flash fiction (also called microfiction) Literary journal Minisaga Sketch...
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  • One Pair of Eyes: Margaret Drabble, BBC2, 9 March 1968, BBC Archive site Margaret Drabble "Once upon a life: Margaret Drabble", The Guardian, 5 December...
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  • responsibilities at Sunbelt. In November 2018, it was announced that Geoff Drabble would retire as CEO of Ashtead Group on 1 May 2019, and be succeeded by...
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  • Jake Bible (section Drabble)
    Drabble format (very brief fiction of 100 words) began as an "exercise in character and plot development." He then realized that individual drabbles could...
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  • It subsequently reopened and held a single Michelin star under William Drabble until he left the restaurant in 2009. Aubergine closed in 2010, pending...
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    and he was the nephew of David Swift. His mother is novelist Margaret Drabble, and his brother is academic Adam Swift. His sister Rebecca Swift (died...
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  • The Millstone (novel) (category Novels by Margaret Drabble)
    The Millstone is a novel by Margaret Drabble, first published in 1965. It is about an unmarried, young academic who becomes pregnant after a one-night...
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    2001, pp. 241: "[World population in 1913 (in thousands):] 1 791 020". Drabble 1996, p. 323. Angus Cameron (1983). "Anglo-Saxon literature" in Dictionary...
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  • and he is the nephew of David Swift. His mother is the novelist Margaret Drabble. He is the brother of the poet and essayist Rebecca Swift and television...
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  • Jerusalem the Golden (category Novels by Margaret Drabble)
    Jerusalem the Golden is a novel by Margaret Drabble published in 1967, and is a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1967. Jerusalem the Golden...
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    "twitterature"); the "dribble" (also known as the "minisaga", 50 words); the "drabble" (also known as "microfiction", 100 words); "sudden fiction" (750 words);...
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    prose fiction Anthology Serial Novel/romance Short prose fiction Novella Novelette Short story Drabble Sketch Flash fiction Parable Religious Wisdom...
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