An Imaginative Man

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An Imaginative Man
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Author Robert Hichens
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date
1895
Media typePrint

An Imaginative Man is an 1895 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. A tale about a young man on holiday in Cairo who after experiencing dissatisfaction with his new wife becomes increasingly obsessed with Great Sphinx [1] , it was a commercial hit and Hichens wrote a number of further books in the orientalist style. [2]

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References

  1. Sutherland p.317
  2. Sutherland p.295

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