Hugh Walpole bibliography

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole , a 20th-century English novelist, had a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre, children's stories and historical fiction, most notably his "Herries" series, set in the Lake District.

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Books

TitleFirst publishedBritish publisherUS publisherNotesOnline edition
The Wooden Horse1909 Smith, Elder Doran The Wooden Horse at Faded Page (Canada)
Maradick at Forty: A Transition1910 Smith, Elder Doran Maradick at Forty: A Transition at Faded Page (Canada)
Mr Perrin and Mr Traill1911 Mills and Boon Doran revised for the US version as The Gods and Mr Perrin: subsequently filmed (1948). The Gods and Mr Perrin at Faded Page (Canada)
The Prelude to Adventure1912 Mills and Boon Doran Prelude to Adventure at Faded Page (Canada)
Fortitude1913 Martin Secker Doran Fortitude at Project Gutenberg
The Duchess of Wrexe, Her Decline and Death  [1] 1914 Martin Secker Doran The Duchess of Wrexe: Her Decline and Death at Faded Page (Canada)
The Golden Scarecrow  [2] 1915 Cassell Doran short stories:
  • Prologue
  • Hugh Seymour
  • Henry Fitzgeorge Strether
  • Ernest Henry
  • Angelina
  • Bim Rochester
  • Nancy Ross
  • 'Enery
  • Barbara Flint
  • Sarah Trefusis
  • Young John Scarlet
  • Epilogue
The Golden Scarecrow at Faded Page (Canada)
The Dark Forest  [3] 1916 Martin Secker Doran The Dark Forest at Faded Page (Canada)
Joseph Conrad 1916Nisbet Henry Holt Biography and criticism Joseph Conrad at Project Gutenberg
The Green Mirror1918 Macmillan Doran The Green Mirror at Faded Page (Canada)
The Secret City  [4] 1919 Macmillan Doran The Secret City at Project Gutenberg
Jeremy1919 Cassell Doran Jeremy at Project Gutenberg
The Art of James Branch Cabell 1920R M McBride
The Captives  [5] 1920 Macmillan Doran The Captives at Faded Page (Canada)
The Thirteen Travellers1920 Hutchinson Doran short stories:
  • Absalom Jay
  • Fanny Close
  • The Hon Clive Torby
  • Miss Morganhurst
  • Peter Westcott
  • Lucy Moon
  • Mrs Porter and Miss Allen
  • Lois Drake
  • Mr Nix
  • Lizzie Rand
  • Nobody
  • Bombastes Furioso
The Thirteen Travellers at Project Gutenberg
The Young Enchanted  [6] 1921 Macmillan Grosset and Dunlap The Young Enchanted at Faded Page (Canada)
The Cathedral [7] 1922 Macmillan Doran The Cathedral at Project Gutenberg
Jeremy and Hamlet 1923 Cassell Doran Jeremy and Hamlet at Faded Page (Canada)
The Crystal Box1924Privately published by Walpolelimited edition of 150 copies
The Old Ladies1924 Macmillan Doran The Old Ladies at Faded Page (Canada)
The English Novel: Some Notes on its Evolution1924 Cambridge University Press not published in the US until 1970 (Folcroft edition)
Portrait of a Man with Red Hair1925 Macmillan Doran Portrait of a Man with Red Hair at Faded Page (Canada)
Harmer John1926 Macmillan Doran Harmer John at Project Gutenberg Australia
Reading: An Essay1926Jarrolds
Jeremy at Crale1927 Cassell Doran Jeremy at Crale at Faded Page (Canada)
Anthony Trollope 1928 Macmillan Macmillan Biography and criticism
My Religious Experience1928Benn
The Silver Thorn1928 Macmillan Doubleday short stories:
  • The Little Donkeys with the Crimson Saddles
  • The Tiger
  • No Unkindness Intended
  • Ecstasy
  • A Picture
  • Old Elizabeth (A Portrait)
  • The Etching
  • Chinese Horses
  • The Tarn
  • Major Wilbraham
  • A Silly Old Fool
  • The Enemy
  • The Enemy in Ambush
  • The Dove
  • Bachelors
The Silver Thorn: A Book of Stories at Faded Page (Canada)
Wintersmoon 1928 Macmillan Doubleday Wintersmoon at Faded Page (Canada)
Farthing Hall1929 Macmillan Doubleday with J B Priestley
Hans Frost1929 Macmillan Doubleday Hans Frost at Faded Page (Canada)
Rogue Herries 1930 Macmillan Doubleday Rogue Herries at Faded Page (Canada)
Above the Dark Circus1931 Macmillan Doubleday published in the US as Above the Dark Tumult Above the Dark Tumult at Project Gutenberg Australia
Judith Paris1931 Macmillan Doubleday Judith Paris at Faded Page (Canada)
The Apple Trees: Four Reminiscences1932 Golden Cockerel Press limited edition of 500 copies
The Fortress1932 Macmillan Doubleday The Fortress at Faded Page (Canada)
A Letter to a Modern Novelist1932 Hogarth A Letter to a Modern Novelist at Faded Page (Canada)
All Souls' Night1933 Macmillan Doubleday short stories:
  • The Whistle
  • The Silver Mask
  • The Staircase
  • A Carnation for an Old Man
  • Tarnhelm – or The Death of my Uncle Robert
  • Mr Oddy
  • Seashore Macabre – A Moment's Experience
  • Lilac
  • The Oldest Talland
  • The Little Ghost
  • Mrs Lunt
  • Sentimental but True
  • Portrait in Shadow
  • The Snow
  • The Ruby Glass
  • Spanish Dusk
All Soul's Night at Faded Page (Canada)
Vanessa1933 Macmillan Doubleday Vanessa at Faded Page (Canada)
Extracts from a Diary1934Privately published by Walpole
Captain Nicholas1934 Macmillan Doubleday Captain Nicholas at Project Gutenberg Australia
Cathedral Carol Service 1934Faber and Faberan episode from "The Inquisitor"
The Inquisitor1935 Macmillan Doubleday The Inquisitor at Faded Page (Canada)
Claude Houghton: Appreciations1935 Heinemann with Clemence Dane
A Prayer for My Son1936 Macmillan Doubleday A Prayer for my Son at Project Gutenberg Australia
John Cornelius: His Life and Adventures1937 Macmillan Doubleday John Cornelius... at Faded Page (Canada)
Head in Green Bronze and Other Stories1938 Macmillan Doubleday short stories:
  • Head in Green Bronze
  • The German
  • The Exile
  • The Train
  • The Haircut
  • Let The Bores Tremble
  • The Honey-Box
  • The Fear of Death
  • The Field with Five Trees
  • Having No Hearts
  • The Conjurer
Head in Green Bronze at Faded Page (Canada)
The Joyful Delaneys1938 Macmillan Doubleday The Joyful Delaneys at Faded Page (Canada)
The Sea Tower1939 Macmillan Doubleday The Sea Tower at Faded Page (Canada)
Roman Fountain1940 Macmillan Doubleday Roman Fountain at Faded Page (Canada)
The Bright Pavilions1940 Macmillan Doubleday The Bright Pavilions at Faded Page (Canada)
The Blind Man's House1941 Macmillan Doubleday The Blind Man's House at Faded Page (Canada)
Open Letter of an Optimist1941 Macmillan
The Killer and the Slain 1942 Macmillan Doubleday The Killer and the Slain at Project Gutenberg Australia
Katherine Christian1943 Macmillan Doubleday UK publication 1944 Katherine Christian at Faded Page (Canada)
Mr Huffam and Other Stories1948 Macmillan short stories:
  • The White Cat
  • The Train to the Sea
  • The Perfect Close
  • Service for the Blind
  • The Faithful Servant
  • Miss Thom
  • Women are Motherly
  • The Beard
  • The Last Trump
  • Green Tie
  • The Church in the Snow
  • Mr Huffam – A Christmas Story
Mr Huffam and Other Stories at the Internet Archive

Book series

Some of Walpole's stories were parts of series with related themes:

Short stories

The following stories appeared in The Windsor Magazine :

Other works

Plays

Editor

In 1932 Walpole edited The Waverley Pageant: Best Passages from the Novels of Sir Walter Scott. In 1937 he edited a compilation of short stories, A Second Century of Creepy Stories (Hutchinson, 1937), by a range of writers including Guy de Maupassant, M. R. James, Henry James, Walter de la Mare, Oliver Onions, Walpole himself ("Tarnhelm") and twenty-one others. [8]

Notes

  1. The Duchess of Wrexe (1914)
  2. The Golden Scarecrow (1915)
  3. The Dark Forest (1916)
  4. The Secret City (1919)
  5. The Captives (1920)
  6. The Young Enchanted (1921)
  7.   The Cathedral (1922)
  8. "A Second Century of Creepy Stories" WorldCat. Retrieved 23 November 2013

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