Gwen St Aubyn

Matheson was succeeded in VSW 's life by Evelyn Irons , editor of the Daily Mail Women's Page, and then by Christopher St John , whose Barn Theatre, Smallhythe, was of professional interest. Vita...

VSW published with the Hogarth Press another novel, The dark island, dedicated to her sister-in-law Gwen St Aubyn , on whom one of the characters is based.

This was the first book in which VSW (perhaps influenced by Gwen St Aubyn ) explored religious issues, in which she had never hitherto interested herself.

The eagle is St Teresa of Avila , patron saint of Spain; the dove is Thérèse of Lisieux , a highly popular saint known as the Little Flower. The work is a...