Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was born in 1919 and died in 2013., Doris Lessing has written at least 132 books. Their most popular book is The Golden Notebook with 159 saves with an average rating of 3.75⭐.
Author Bio
Doris Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Persia (now Iran). Her father was a bank clerk and her mother a nurse. Her family later moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1925. Doris Lessing attended a convent school and a girls' school, but ended her studies at age 14 and moved from home. She went on to work as a nursemaid, telephonist, stenographer, and journalist, and published a few short stories. Lessing moved to London in 1949. She became involved in politics and social issues and actively took part in the campaign against nuclear weapons. Doris Lessing was married twice and had three children.
Doris Lessing's body of work comprises around 50 books and spans several genres. Her writing is characterized by penetrating studies of living conditions in the 20th century, behavioral patterns, and historical developments. Her most experimental novel, The Golden Notebook, from 1962, is a study of a woman's psyche and life situation, the lot of writers, sexuality, political ideas, and everyday life. Some of Lessing's books reach into the future. Among other things, she portrays our civilization's final hour from the perspective of an extraterrestrial observer.
1962 • 159 Readers • 676 pages • 3.8
1950 • 43 Readers • 217 pages • 3.5
1985 • 22 Readers • 384 pages • 3.4
1971 • 19 Readers • 250 pages • 3.3
#1 in Canopus in Argos: Archives Series,
1979 • 17 Readers • 364 pages • 2.2
1974 • 13 Readers • 182 pages • 3.5
1986 • 13 Readers • 104 pages • 3.3
2007 • 8 Readers • 260 pages • 2.6
#2 of 5 in Canopus in Argos
1980 • 7 Readers • 244 pages • 4
1984 • 7 Readers • 607 pages
2001 • 6 Readers • 496 pages • 2
1973 • 5 Readers • 236 pages • 4
#5 of 5 in Canopus in Argos
1983 • 5 Readers • 200 pages • 2
1958 • 5 Readers • 3.5
1967 • 4 Readers • 109 pages • 5
#4 of 5 in Canopus in Argos
1982 • 4 Readers • 190 pages • 4
2003 • 4 Readers • 112 pages • 4
1967 • 4 Readers • 256 pages
2008 • 3 Readers • 288 pages • 3
1965 • 3 Readers • 670 pages
1962 • 3 Readers • 736 pages
2012 • 3 Readers • 672 pages
2003 • 3 Readers • 340 pages
1995 • 3 Readers • 368 pages
#2 of 2 in Mara and Dann
2005 • 2 Readers • 288 pages
1966 • 2 Readers • 76 pages
1985 • 2 Readers • 480 pages • 5
1962 • 2 Readers • 723 pages • 4
1983 • 2 Readers • 110 pages
1967 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 3
2 Readers
1960 • 2 Readers • 228 pages
2003 • 2 Readers • 311 pages
2 Readers • 1.5
#2 of 4 in Children of Violence
1954 • 1 Reader • 404 pages
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2011 • 1 Reader • 429 pages
2008 • 1 Reader • 20 pages • 4
1975 • 1 Reader • 469 pages
1 Reader • 4
#2 of 1 in Doris Lessing's autobiography
1997 • 1 Reader • 388 pages • 5
1988 • 1 Reader • 256 pages • 3
1994 • 1 Reader • 299 pages
1967 • 1 Reader • 164 pages
1985 • 1 Reader • 5
1950 • 1 Reader • 263 pages • 4
1950 • 1 Reader • 288 pages
1986 • 1 Reader
2007 • 1 Reader • 269 pages
#1 of 1 in The Diaries of Jane Somers
1983 • 1 Reader • 270 pages • 4
2008 • 1 Reader • 272 pages
1958 • 1 Reader • 404 pages
2001 • 1 Reader • 681 pages
1982 • 1 Reader • 262 pages
1950 • 1 Reader • 235 pages
1973 • 1 Reader • 292 pages
1985 • 1 Reader • 350 pages
2007 • 1 Reader • 256 pages
1971 • 1 Reader • 304 pages
2008 • 1 Reader • 245 pages
1974 • 1 Reader • 192 pages
1962 • 1 Reader • 763 pages
1988 • 1 Reader • 32 pages
2007 • 1 Reader • 18 pages
1971 • 1 Reader
1991 • 1 Reader • 192 pages
#1 of 2 in Ben Lovatt
1988 • 1 Reader • 151 pages • 4
1964 • 1 Reader • 196 pages
2007 • 1 Reader • 223 pages • 3
1974 • 1 Reader • 272 pages • 3
1950 • 1 Reader • 397 pages • 3
1 Reader • 1
1983 • 1 Reader • 224 pages
#1 of 1 in The Diaries of Jane Somers
1983 • 1 Reader • 428 pages • 5
1950 • 1 Reader • 278 pages
1986 • 1 Reader • 101 pages • 3
1974 • 1 Reader • 251 pages
1965 • 1 Reader • 168 pages
#1 of 2 in Ben Lovatt
1988 • 1 Reader • 168 pages
1950 • 1 Reader • 281 pages
1 Reader
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1971 • 1 Reader • 376 pages
2013 • 1 Reader • 3
2001 • 1 Reader • 50 pages
#1 of 2 in Ben Lovatt
1988 • 1 Reader • 144 pages • 2
1 Reader • 0.5