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Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (''née'' Charteris; 27 September 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an English writer and socialite, now known for her ghost stories and diaries.〔Richard Dalby, ''The Virago Book of Ghost Stories''.Virago, London, ISBN 0-86068-810-0, 1987 (p. 236). 〕 She also wrote novels and edited a number of anthologies, as well as writing for children and on the British Royal family. ==Life and career== Her father was Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss (1857–1937) and her mother Mary Constance Wyndham (see The Souls). She married Herbert Asquith (son of H. H. Asquith, British Prime Minister, with whom he is often confused) in 1910. In 1913, she met D. H. Lawrence in Margate, and became a friend and correspondent.〔See Mark Kinkead-Weekes, ''D. H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile, 1912-1922'' (Cambridge, 1996), pp.69ff.〕 She took a position as secretary to Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie,〔Birkin, Andrew: ''J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys'', Constable, 1979; revised edition, Yale University Press, 2003〕〔Telfer, Kevin. ("Captain Scott and J M Barrie: an unlikely friendship" ), ''Telegraph'', 9 March 2012〕 with whom she became close friends, continuing to work for him until his death in 1937. Barrie left the bulk of his estate to her – minus the Peter Pan works.〔Chaney, Lisa. ''Hide-and-Seek with Angels - A Life of J. M. Barrie'', Hutchinson, 2005〕 Author L. P. Hartley became a lifelong friend after they met in the early 1920s. Asquith became known for editing ''The Ghost Book'', an anthology of supernatural fiction that included work by D.H. Lawrence, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Oliver Onions, and May Sinclair. 〔Mike Ashley and William Contento, ''The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror Anthologies''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995. ISBN 0313240302 (p. 728-9) 〕 One of Asquith's stories, "The Follower", was adapted for BBC Radio, along with stories by Algernon Blackwood, Marjorie Bowen, and Noel Streatfeild; all these stories were later reprinted in the Cecil Madden anthology ''My Grimmest Nightmare'' (1935). 〔 In addition to her literary work, Asquith contributed to the screenplay of the 1937 film ''Dreaming Lips'' starring Elisabeth Bergner.〔''Film Reviews.'' Sydney Morning Herald () 25 October 1937, p.8. Web. 17 Apr. 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady Cynthia Asquith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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