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Nell Dunn

    This English author is celebrated for her sharp insights into working-class life. Her works, often set against vibrant urban backdrops, are characterized by raw realism and authentic language. She masterfully captures the everyday struggles, desires, and relationships of ordinary people. Her narratives offer a candid and memorable reading experience.

    Talking to women
    Up The Junction
    Poor Cow
    Steaming
    The Muse
    • 2020

      The Muse

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      The Muse is the story of a female friendship, one that shaped both author and subject over decades.

      The Muse
    • 2013

      Poor Cow

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.5(115)Add rating

      Nell Dunn's 1967 novel which was made into a film directed by Ken Loach

      Poor Cow
    • 2000

      Up The Junction

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.4(528)Add rating

      Published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, was adapted into a film and was the inspiration for the song of the same name

      Up The Junction
    • 1981

      A two act play fro a cast of one man and 5 women.Steaming is set in the Turkish Bath of a run-down Public Baths in the East End of London, where five women regularly meet to bathe, relax, and share their troubles.

      Steaming