where its theme was described as “an experiment with time”; something which was noted in a review by Stevie Smith to be impossible, but made plausible by the author's skill. Winter Solstice (first published 1942 by Jonathan Cape in the UK and 1943 by Macmillan in the US; republished 1991 by Merlin Press with an introduction by Gabriele Griffin) The Holly and the Ivy (1950) The Slow Train Home (1951) Rowanberry Wine (1952) An End and a Beginning (1954) Draw the Well Dry (1955) The Pair of Them (1956) Biographical novels Greenland Seas: The story of Scoresby the whaler (published 1965 by E. J. Arnold & Son Limited of Leeds, with illustrations by Ray Bailey) A Woman in the Desert: The story of Gertrude Bell (published 1967 by Frederick Muller Limited of London, with illustrations by Penny Carey) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (published 1968 by Frederick Muller, with illustrations by Sheila Bewley) Cleopatra: Queen of Egypt (published 1970 by Wayland Publishers) Other works The Sound of Rain (1991) Winter Rooks (1998) Do you remember? Pickering 50 Years Ago (2000, Blackthorn Press) Pigeon Past (2002) The Sound of Rain and 99 other poems (2009, self-published) Notes References External links "The Sound of Rain" The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Cowlin, 30 April 2021 "The way of the Wolds" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 14 June 2006 "When words mean so much more" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 27 December 2001 "On the grand tour with the over 50s" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 30 November 2006 "All change in Pickering" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 26 February 2003 "The nuns of Pickering" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 25 September 2002 "Meet one of the founding fathers of Beck Isle Museum" An article published in the Gazette & Herald, 14 March 2002 1911 births 2010 deaths 20th-century British novelists People educated at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School People from Grantham People from Malton, North Yorkshire