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Bagnold
[ bag-nuhld ]
noun
- Enid, 1889–1981, English novelist and playwright.
Bagnold
/ ˈbæɡnəʊld /
noun
- BagnoldEnid (Algerine)18891981FBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: playwright Enid ( Algerine ). 1889–1981, British novelist and playwright; her works include the novel National Velvet (1935) and the play The Chalk Garden (1955)
Example Sentences
Instead, “Days of the Bagnold Summer,” adapted from the Joff Winterhart graphic novel by the screenwriter Lisa Owens and the director Simon Bird, is a coming-of-age story that aspires to winsomeness and wisdom, but only gets so far.
Regrettably, this motion picture does not chronicle a book club devoting a season to the works of Enid Bagnold.
Not much happens in the understated British comedy “Days of the Bagnold Summer,” and that’s rather the point.
The modest reality of “Bagnold Summer’s” season of discontent is conveyed in little things that mean a lot and exchanges such as Sue’s “You’re in a good mood” and Daniel’s “No, I’m not.”
In Bagnold Summer, meanwhile, he is a sullen grump with an all-black wardrobe and Metallica attached to his ears.
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