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Reginald Arkell

Born

in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, The United Kingdom

October 14, 1882

Died

May 01, 1959

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Reginald Arkell was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre. The most popular of those was an adaptation of the spoof history book 1066 and All That: 1066—and all that: A Musical Comedy based on that Memorable History by Sellar and Yeatman.

He was the author of A Cottage in the Country and the Green Fingers series of garden verse.

Arkell was born on 14 October 1882 at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, was educated at Burford Grammar School and trained as a journalist. He married actress Elizabeth Evans in 1912.

During the First World War he served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and The Norfolk Regiment. Arkell died on 1 May 1959 at Cricklade, England. ...more

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	Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell, Penelope Hobhouse (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 1,660 ratings — published 1950 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retorno a Little Summerford by Reginald Arkell, Ángeles de los Santos 3.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1934 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trumpets Over Merriford really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1955 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Fingers Again: A Further Present for a Good Gardener by Reginald Arkell, Edgar Norfield (Illustrator) 2.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Round House 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colombine: A Fantasy : And Other Verses liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing the Games by Reginald Arkell, R.S. Sherriffs (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1935	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell, W. H. Fitch (illustrator), W. G. Smith (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Green Fingers: Another Present for a Good Gardener by Reginald Arkell, Eugene Hastain (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Funny, that! You planted a tree; you watched it grow; you picked the fruit and, when you were old, you sat in the shade of it. Then you died and they forgot all about you—just as though you had never been....But the tree went on growing, and everybody took it for granted. It always had been there and it always would be there....Everybody ought to plant a tree, sometime or another—if only to keep them humble in the sight of the Lord.”
― Reginald Arkell, Old Herbaceous: A Story

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“Mrs. Charteris used to say that if we spent our spare time growing flowers instead of talking a lot of nonsense, the world would be a happier place...”
― Reginald Arkell, Old Herbaceous

tags: british-literature, gardening, heartwarming

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“La vida en un jardín es una larga batalla contra las fuerzas del mal, pero la victoria merece la pena. A una derrota exasperante le seguía un triunfo espectacular. En un momento estás tirado en el suelo y al siguiente te elevas sobre las alas de la mañana.”
― Reginald Arkell, Old Herbaceous. A Novel of the Garden

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