Lessing

[ les-ing ]

noun

1. Doris (May), 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
2. Gott·hold E·phra·im [gawt, -hawlt , ey, -f, r, ah-im], 1729–81, German critic and dramatist.

Lessing

/ ˈlɛsɪŋ /

noun

1. LessingDoris (May)1919FEnglishRhodesianWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Doris ( May ). born 1919, English novelist and short-story writer, brought up in Rhodesia: her novels include the five-novel sequence Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), a series of science-fiction works (1979–83), The Good Terrorist (1985), and The Sweetest Dream (2001). Nobel prize for literature 2007
2. LessingGotthold Ephraim17291781MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: critic Gotthold Ephraim (ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfrɑɪm). 1729–81, German dramatist and critic. His plays include Miss Sara Sampson (1755), the first German domestic tragedy, and Nathan der Weise (1779). He is noted for his criticism of French classical dramatists, and for his treatise on aesthetics Laokoon (1766)

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Playboy has a long history of publishing short stories by notable female novelists including Margaret Atwood and Doris Lessing.

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Doris Lessing invented Jane Somers to outwit indifferent publishers.

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He threw himself upon a crimson cushion on the upper step, precisely at the feet, as it chanced, of Ellen Lessing.

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He looked into Ellen Lessing's upturned face and discovered anew that it was a face to hold the attention of a man.

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"I see you're not going to trust me," murmured Mrs. Lessing, as a slim-waisted, trailing-black-gowned saleswoman approached.

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Mrs. Lessing bought substantial tan ones in quantity, long and well reenforced.

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Mrs. Lessing was turning over a small saw in her hands, feeling its sharp teeth with a premonitory finger.

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