We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.
Eden Phillpotts Quotes
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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| Birth: | 4th November, 1862 |
| Death: | 29th December, 1960 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet |
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Eden Phillpotts was born in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. He was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. He co-wrote two plays with his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts, The Farmer's Wife and Yellow Sands ; but is best known as the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor. He also wrote a number of other mystery novels, both under his own name and the pseudonym Harrington Hext. Titles include: The Thing at Their Heels, The Red Redmaynes, The Monster, The Clue from the Stars, and The Captain's Curio.
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