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ⓘ About Olivia Manning
Olivia Mary Manning was a novelist, poet, and writer. She was born in North End, Portsmouth on March 2, 1908. Both her fiction and nonfiction are widely known all across the globe and are admired for being artistically told, vividly descriptive, and beautifully honest. She mostly writes about long journeys or expeditions, and the challenges and joys of love and loss. Her two main trilogies are the Balkan and Levant Trilogies, but she has written many other books. The Balkan Trilogy follows a young couple, Guy and Harriet Pringle, who are forced to leave their home and flee to Greece as the German army invades during the WWII era.
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Who is Olivia Manning?
Olivia Mary Manning was a novelist, poet, and writer. She was born in North End, Portsmouth on March 2, 1908. Both her fiction and nonfiction are widely known all across the globe and are admired for being artistically told, vividly descriptive, and beautifully honest.
Which Olivia Manning series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Balkan Trilogy series, the earliest of Olivia Manning's multi-book series: it opens with The Great Fortune (1960) and runs to 3 books across 1960–1965, ending with Friends and Heroes (1965). Olivia Manning's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Olivia Manning written?
Olivia Manning has 21 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1937 and 1981. 7 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Balkan Trilogy series with 3 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Olivia Manning's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Olivia Manning's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Balkan Trilogy (1960–1965, 3 books), Oliva Manning Short Story Collections (1967, 1 book) and Levant Trilogy (1977–1981, 3 books).
How are Olivia Manning's books organised into series?
This guide splits Olivia Manning's 21 books into 3 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Balkan Trilogy (3 books, 1960–1965); Levant Trilogy (3 books, 1977–1981); Oliva Manning Short Story Collections (1 book, 1967).