Biography

Cecily Isabel Fairfield (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for *The Times,* the *New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph* and *The New Republic,* and she was a correspondent for *The Bookman.* Her major works include *Black Lamb and Grey Falcon* (1941), on the history and culture of Yugoslavia; *A Train of Powder* (1955), her coverage of the Nuremberg trials, published originally in *The New Yorker; The Meaning of Treason* (first published as a magazine article in 1945 and then expanded to the book in 1947), later *The New Meaning of Treason* (1964), a study of the trial of American-born fascist William Joyce and others; *The Return of the Soldier* (1918), a modernist World War I novel; and the "Aubrey trilogy" of autobiographical novels, *The Fountain Overflows* (1956), *This Real Night* (published posthumously in 1984), and *Cousin Rosamund* (1985).

Books by Rebecca West

Radio Treason
Radio Treason
2025
New Meaning of Traeason
New Meaning of Traeason
2023
Talkin' Chalk
Talkin' Chalk
2023
The Garden Party and Other Sto
The Garden Party and Other Stories (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
2023
La prima Rosamund
La prima Rosamund
2021
La noche interrumpida
La noche interrumpida
2020
La família Aubrey
La família Aubrey
2019
Towards the River's Mouth (Verso la Foce)
Towards the River's Mouth (Verso la Foce)
2018
World Regional Geography Workbook
World Regional Geography Workbook
2018
Core Christian Values in Busin
Core Christian Values in Business
2017
Majestic Stone
Majestic Stone
2017
Happy Starts at Home
Happy Starts at Home
2016
The Judge; a Novel
The Judge; a Novel
2016
Serra con ciclamini
Serra con ciclamini
2015
Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment and Documentation Manual
Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment and Documentation Manual
2014
Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment And Documentation Manual Clinical Guidelines For Group Work With Children And Adolescents
Music Therapy Social Skills Assessment And Documentation Manual Clinical Guidelines For Group Work With Children And Adolescents
2014
Soldaduaren itzulera
Soldaduaren itzulera
2014
Fountain Overflows, This Real
Fountain Overflows, This Real Night, and Cousin Rosamund
2012
Saga of the Century
Saga of the Century
2012
Saga of the Century Trilogy
Saga of the Century Trilogy
2012
Cuando los pájaros caen
Cuando los pájaros caen
2011
Return of the Solider
Return of the Solider
2011
Selected Letters of Rebecca West
Selected Letters of Rebecca West
2011
Young Rebecca
Young Rebecca
2011
Birds Fall Down
Birds Fall Down
2010
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon
2010
Essential Rebecca West
Essential Rebecca West
2010
Fountain Overflows
Fountain Overflows
2010
Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy
Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy
2010
Matrimonio indisoluble
Matrimonio indisoluble
2010
New Meaning of Treason
New Meaning of Treason
2010
Only Poet
Only Poet
2010
Only Poet and Short Stories
Only Poet and Short Stories
2010
The essential Rebecca West
The essential Rebecca West
2010
This Real Night
This Real Night
2010
This Real Night Bk. 2
This Real Night Bk. 2
2010
Train of Powder
Train of Powder
2010
Woman as artist and thinker
Woman as artist and thinker
2005
Survivors in Mexico (Yale Nota Bene)
Survivors in Mexico (Yale Nota Bene)
2004
Survivors in Mexico
Survivors in Mexico
2003
Italian Feminist Theory and Practice
            
                Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studi
Italian Feminist Theory and Practice Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studi
2002
Agneau Noir et agneau gris
Agneau Noir et agneau gris
2000
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon  Part 1 Of 3
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Part 1 Of 3
2000
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon  Part 2 Of 3
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Part 2 Of 3
2000
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Pa
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Part 3 Of 3
2000
Pagina, pellicola, pratica
Pagina, pellicola, pratica
2000
Port West
Port West
1999
The only poet & short stories
The only poet & short stories
1992
Birds Fall down B Bclub Only
Birds Fall down B Bclub Only
1989
Cousin Rosamond B Bc Only
Cousin Rosamond B Bc Only
1988
Cousin Rosamund
Cousin Rosamund
1987
HARSH VOICE
HARSH VOICE
1987
Meaning of Treason
Meaning of Treason
1987
Strange Necessity Essays and Reviews
Strange Necessity Essays and Reviews
1987
The New Meaning of Treason
The New Meaning of Treason
1985
Rebecca West (Dumpbin)
Rebecca West (Dumpbin)
1984
Askerin Dönüsü
Askerin Dönüsü
1983
St. Augustine (Thomas More books to live)
St. Augustine (Thomas More books to live)
1982
The young Rebecca
The young Rebecca
1982
Strange Necessity Essays
Strange Necessity Essays
1980
Ending in Earnest, a Literary
Ending in Earnest, a Literary Log
1976
The sentinel
The sentinel
1973
Rebecca West
Rebecca West
1971
Arnold Bennett himself
Arnold Bennett himself
1969
McLuhan and the future of literature
McLuhan and the future of literature
1969
ha-Tsiporim noflot artsah
ha-Tsiporim noflot artsah
1968
Harriet Hume
Harriet Hume
1968
Ending in earnest
Ending in earnest
1967
The Bird Falls Down
The Bird Falls Down
1967
The Birds fall Down World Books Edition
The Birds fall Down World Books Edition
1967
The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca
The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West (Third Printing)
1966
The thinking reed
The thinking reed
1964
The Vassall affair
The Vassall affair
1963
The Court and The Castle - The Interaction Of Political and Religious Ideas In Imaginative Literature
The Court and The Castle - The Interaction Of Political and Religious Ideas In Imaginative Literature
1958
Fountain Overflows 1ST
Fountain Overflows 1ST
1957
The Court and the Castle-Some Treatments of a Recurrent Theme
The Court and the Castle-Some Treatments of a Recurrent Theme
1957
The fountain overflows ; a nov
The fountain overflows ; a novel
1956
A train of powder
A train of powder
1955
The Meaning of Treason. Second enlarged and revised Edition containing two long Chapters on Atomic Espionage.
The Meaning of Treason. Second enlarged and revised Edition containing two long Chapters on Atomic Espionage.
1952
The Meaning Of Treason
The Meaning Of Treason
1949
Opera in Greenville
Opera in Greenville
1947
Judge, The
Judge, The
1946
THE NEW MEANING OF TRAEASON
THE NEW MEANING OF TRAEASON
1945
The harsh voice
The harsh voice
1935
THE HARSH VOICE, FOUR SHORT NO
THE HARSH VOICE, FOUR SHORT NOVELS
1935
The modern "Rake's progress"
The modern "Rake's progress"
1934
A letter to a grandfather
A letter to a grandfather
1933
Tradition and Experiment in Present-Day Literature
Tradition and Experiment in Present-Day Literature
1929
Strange Necessity
Strange Necessity
1928
The Strange Necessity Essays
The Strange Necessity Essays
1928
Mint a na dsza l
Mint a na dsza l
St Augustine [Book]
St Augustine [Book]