Josephine Leslie

Josephine Leslie (1898–1979) was an Irish writer, usually under the name R. A. Dick (taking the initials from her sea captain father, Robert Abercromby). She most famously wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was made into a 1947 film and adapted for a 1960s TV series.^[1]

She also wrote the novel The Devil and Mrs. Devine.^[2]

Selected works

• Dick, R. A. (1945). The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. London, White Lion Ltd.^[3]
• Dick, R. A. (1954). Unpainted Portrait. London, Hodder and Stoughton.
• Leslie, J. (1975). The Devil and Mrs Devine. London, Millington.

References

1. "Dick, R. A., 1898-1979". lccn.loc.gov Library of Congress LCCN Permalink nr95034313). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
2. Leslie, Josephine; Dick, R. A. (1975). Google Books: The Devil and Mrs Devine. ISBN 9780860000488. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
3. STETZ, MARGARET D. (1996). ""The Ghost and MRS. Muir": Laughing with the Captain in the House". Studies in the Novel. 28 (1): 93–112. ISSN 0039-3827. JSTOR 29533115.

Sources

• Stetz, Margaret D (1996) "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Laughing with the captain in the house", Studies in the Novel, Vol. 28, Iss 1, (Spring 1996), pp. 93–112.