tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post2281048989093470666..comments2023-11-05T08:08:48.848-05:00Comments on The Bunburyist: Friday's Forgotten Books: Josephine Bell's Murder in Hospital (1937).Elizabeth Foxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-72712394304224870212011-03-20T14:18:22.126-04:002011-03-20T14:18:22.126-04:00A writer I've never heard of. These FORGOTTEN ...A writer I've never heard of. These FORGOTTEN FRIDAYS are just adding to my reading angst. This one sounds like someone whose work I'd like. Josephine Bell. I'll add her to my list. Thanks for the great review.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-23718922807013298162011-03-19T09:33:11.091-04:002011-03-19T09:33:11.091-04:00Actually the scenario of whole-scale male pen name...Actually the scenario of whole-scale male pen names for female writers was not true as of 1937; it certainly was the case much earlier. There were some women who chose male pseudonyms (such as Lucy Malleson as Anthony Gilbert and Zenith Brown as David Frome), but there were plenty of women at the time either writing under their own names or choosing female pseudonyms.Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-1514504260917676732011-03-18T20:29:35.912-04:002011-03-18T20:29:35.912-04:00Wow, 1937, that's pretty forgotten isn't i...Wow, 1937, that's pretty forgotten isn't it? And a female writer for that time too. Most women novelists had to use a man's pen name back then. So it's really good to see that Bell had such a lengthly and successful career as not only a doctor but a writer too. Great choice!Julia Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770857960024041136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-6358142209994344492011-03-18T14:40:16.925-04:002011-03-18T14:40:16.925-04:00I've enjoyed all the Josephine Bell books I...I've enjoyed all the Josephine Bell books I've read. Like Rick, I'll have to search for a copy of MURDER IN HOSPITAL.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-79350003667253343102011-03-18T12:42:07.110-04:002011-03-18T12:42:07.110-04:00This one had escaped my notice until now, thanks f...This one had escaped my notice until now, thanks for the review. I'll search out a copy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-54711498981118832052011-03-18T10:19:30.760-04:002011-03-18T10:19:30.760-04:00I read and enjoyed her "Port of London Murder...I read and enjoyed her "Port of London Murders" book. In it, one of her characters makes a statement about health care that is as hauntingly true today as it was in 1938: "For the great majority of these cases, too poor to have a doctor of their own, there was little he could do...They had come to the end of their resources, their insurances, and their capacity for earning. The hospitals could do nothing more for them, but they still lived, in the worse possible surroundings, and the Public Assistance saw to it that they did not die too soon."BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com