Dorothy Richardson

Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 - 17 June 1957) was the first writer to publish a novel using what was to become known as the stream-of-consciousness technique. Her twelve novel sequence Pilgrimage is one of the great 20th century works of modernist and feminist literature in English.

Richardson the Bohemian

In London, Richardson began moving among avant garde Socialist and artistic circles, including the Bloomsbury group. She started to publish translations and freelance journalism and eventually gave up her secretarial job. In 1917, she married the artist Alan Odel. Odel was many years younger than Richardson and was a distinctly bohemian figure, with his waist-length hair wound around his head. Until Odel's death in 1948, the couple spent winters in Cornwall and summers in London.

Related Topics:
Socialist - Bloomsbury group - Translation - Journalism - Alan Odel - 1948 - Cornwall

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