This fictional volume is from 1921; think of it as thirteen unique short stories with great character development.
About the author:
British novelist, critic, and dramatist, a natural storyteller with a fine flow of words and romantic invention.
.....from britannica.com
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.
...summary from wikipedia
Contents:
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
Some excerpts:
- His best time was during the last few years of King
Edward VIL's reign. His funny little anxious face
could be frequently seen in those groups of celebrities
invited to meet the King at some famous house-party.
It was said that the King liked his company, but I
don't know how that can have been because Absalom was
never in his brightest days very amusing. He talked
a good deal, but always said just what everyone else
said. He was asked everywhere because he was so safe,
because he was so willing to fetch and carry, and
because he knew exactly what it was that ladies wanted.
He entertained only a little in return, but nobody
minded that because, as everyone knew, "he really
hadn't a penny in the world" —which meant that he
had about £1,500 a year in various safe investments.
- Since the second year of the war Fanny Close had
been portress at Hortons. It had demanded very
much resoluticm on the part of Mr. Nix to search for
a portress. Since time immemorial the halls of Hortons
had known only porters. George, the present fine speci-
men, had been magnificently in service there for the last
ten years. However, Mr. Nix was a patriot; he sent
his son aged nineteen to the war (his son was only too
delighted to go), himself joined the London Air
Defences, and then packed off every man and boy in
the place.
Be sure to look for more of Sir Walpole's novels for your Kindle:
- The Green Mirror
- The Gods and Mr. Perrin, a tragi-comedy
- Maradick at Forty, a transition
- The Young Enchanted
- The Duchess of Wrexe
advertisement