Sir Hugh Walpole, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (March 13, 1884 - June 1, 1941) was an English novelist. Sir Hugh Walpole photographed by Carl Van Vechten, February 17, 1934 From the collection of the Library of Congress and in the public domain: http://memory. ... Sir Hugh Walpole photographed by Carl Van Vechten, February 17, 1934 From the collection of the Library of Congress and in the public domain: http://memory. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ...

He was born in Auckland in New Zealand and educated in England at the King's School, Canterbury and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He worked as a teacher before turning to writing full time. His first novel was The Wooden Horse (1909), with Fortitude (1913) his first great success. He worked for the Red Cross in Russia during World War I, experiences which fed his The Dark Forest (1916) and The Secret City (1919). The latter won the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Schematic map of Auckland. ... The Kings School is a British independent school situated in Canterbury, Kent. ... Full name Emmanuel College Motto - Named after Immanuel Previous names - Established 1584 Sister College(s) Exeter College Master The Lord Wilson of Dinton Location St Andrews Street Undergraduates 494 Postgraduates 98 Homepage Boatclub Emmanuel front court and the Wren chapel Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. ...

Walpole lived at Brackenburn Lodge on the slopes of Catbells in the Lake District from 1924 to his death. Here he wrote many of his best known works including the family saga The Herries Chronicle, comprising Rogue Herries (1930), Judith Paris (1931), The Fortress (1932) and Vanessa (1933). Another Herries story, The Church in the Snow, was published in The Queen's Book of the Red Cross. Farthing Hall (1929) was produced in collaboration with J.B. Priestley. Catbells is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Queens Book of the Red Cross was published in November 1939 in a fundraising effort to aid the Red Cross during World War II. The book was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth, and its contents were contributed by fifty British authors and artists. ... John Boynton Priestley (September 13, 1894, Bradford, England - August 14, 1984, Stratford-upon-Avon) was a British writer and broadcaster. ...

Walpole's work was very popular, and brought him great financial rewards. He was a prolific worker who embraced a variety of genres. These included: short stories; school novels (Mr Perrin and Mr Traill, 1911 and the Jeremy trilogy) that delve deep into the psychology of boyhood; gothic horror novels (Portrait of a Man with Red Hair, 1925 and The Killer & The Slain, 1942); biographies (of Joseph Conrad in 1916, James Branch Cabell in 1920 and Anthony Trollope in 1928); plays and the screenplay for the George Cukor-directed David Copperfield (1935). The gothic novel is an English literary genre, which can be said to have been born with The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole. ... // Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist. ... James Branch Cabell photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 James Branch Cabell (April 14, 1879 - May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (aka David Copperfield) is a 1935 film based upon the Charles Dickens novel. ...

He was knighted in 1937. He died while doing volunteer war work in 1941. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...

Walpole was a key member of the exclusive homosexual coterie in 1930s London, which included Noel Coward and Ivor Novello. W. H. Auden visited him in the 1930s. Noel Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century. ... Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) (IPA: ; first syllable of Auden rhymes with law), who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. ...

Trivia

Hugh Walpole, and his book Rogue Herries, were mentioned in passing in the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Cheese Shop Sketch". In the version included on the Monty Python DVD (which is the originally televised version) - he is referred to erroneously, as 'Horace Walpole' (no relation). The version in the Instant Record Collection refers to him correctly. Categories: Album stubs | Monty Python albums ...

References

Hugh Walpole, by Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, Macmillan & Co, London, 1952 Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (August 28, 1907 - December 8, 1999) was a British publisher, literary editor, and man of letters, founder of the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. ...

External links

• Works by Hugh Walpole at Project Gutenberg