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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett .
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.
TitleFirst PublishedBritish PublisherUs PublisherThe Wooden Horse1909Maradick at Forty: A Transition1910Mr Perrin and Mr Traill1911The Prelude to Adventure1912Mar 28, 2013 · Sir Hugh Walpole was one of the most popular and prolific authors of the first half of the 20th Century - but his reputation was soon ruined.
May 28, 2024 · Sir Hugh Walpole (born March 13, 1884, Auckland, N.Z.—died June 1, 1941, near Keswick, Cumberland, Eng.) was a British novelist, critic, and dramatist, a natural storyteller with a fine flow of words and romantic invention.
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About Hugh Walpole: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, t...
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Who is Hugh Walpole. Hugh Walpole was born in 1884 in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of Somerset Walpole, Canon of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Auckland, and later Bishop of Edinburgh. The family left New Zealand in 1889. He was educated in Truro, Marlow, Canterbury, Durham and Cambridge.
Hugh Walpole was a New Zealand-born writer who lived in the UK. He corresponded with Leonard Woolf and John Lehmann, the founders of The Hogarth Press and The Book Society.
