Hugh Walpole bibliography

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.

Books

Title First published British publisher US publisher Notes
The Wooden Horse 1909 Smith, Elder Doran
Maradick at Forty: A Transition 1910 Smith, Elder Doran
Mr Perrin and Mr Traill 1911 Mills and Boon Doran revised for the US version as The Gods and Mr Perrin: subsequently filmed (1948).
The Prelude to Adventure 1912 Mills and Boon Doran
Fortitude 1913 Martin Secker Doran
The Duchess of Wrexe, Her Decline and Death [1] 1914 Martin Secker Doran
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 Dark Forest [3] 1916 Martin Secker Doran
Joseph Conrad 1916 Nisbet Henry Holt
The Green Mirror 1918 Macmillan Doran
The Secret City [4] 1919 Macmillan Doran
Jeremy 1919 Cassell Doran
The Art of James Branch Cabell 1920 R M McBride
The Captives [5] 1920 Macmillan Doran
The Thirteen Travellers 1920 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 Young Enchanted [6] 1921 Macmillan Grosset and Dunlap
The Cathedral[7] 1922 Macmillan Doran
Jeremy and Hamlet 1923 Cassell Doran
The Crystal Box 1924 Privately published by Walpole limited edition of 150 copies
The Old Ladies 1924 Macmillan Doran
The English Novel: Some Notes on its Evolution 1924 Cambridge University Press not published in the US until 1970 (Folcroft edition)
Portrait of a Man with Red Hair 1925 Macmillan Doran
Harmer John 1926 Macmillan Doran
Reading: An Essay 1926 Jarrolds
Jeremy at Crale 1927 Cassell Doran
Anthony Trollope 1928 Macmillan Macmillan
My Religious Experience 1928 Benn
The Silver Thorn 1928 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
Wintersmoon 1928 Macmillan Doubleday
Farthing Hall 1929 Macmillan Doubleday with J B Priestley
Hans Frost 1929 Macmillan Doubleday
Rogue Herries 1930 Macmillan Doubleday
Above the Dark Circus 1931 Macmillan Doubleday published in the US as Above the Dark Tumult
Judith Paris 1931 Macmillan Doubleday
The Apple Trees: Four Reminiscences 1932 Golden Cockerel Press limited edition of 500 copies
The Fortress 1932 Macmillan Doubleday
A Letter to a Modern Novelist 1932 Hogarth
All Souls' Night 1933 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
Vanessa 1933 Macmillan Doubleday
Extracts from a Diary 1934 Privately published by Walpole
Captain Nicholas 1934 Macmillan Doubleday
Cathedral Carol Service 1934 Faber and Faber an episode from "The Inquisitor"
The Inquisitor 1935 Macmillan Doubleday
Claude Houghton: Appreciations 1935 Heinemann with Clemence Dane
A Prayer for My Son 1936 Macmillan Doubleday
John Cornelius: His Life and Adventures 1937 Macmillan Doubleday
Head in Green Bronze and Other Stories 1938 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
The Joyful Delaneys 1938 Macmillan Doubleday
The Sea Tower 1939 Macmillan Doubleday
Roman Fountain 1940 Macmillan Doubleday
The Bright Pavilions 1940 Macmillan Doubleday
The Blind Man's House 1941 Macmillan Doubleday
Open Letter of an Optimist 1941 Macmillan
The Killer and the Slain 1942 Macmillan Doubleday
Katherine Christian 1943 Macmillan Doubleday UK publication 1944
Mr Huffam and Other Stories 1948 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

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]

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Sources

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