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 TitleFirst publishedBritish publisherUS publisherNotesOnline edition 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 The Duchess of Wrexe (1914) 1914 Martin Secker Doran The Golden Scarecrow The Golden Scarecrow (1915) 1915 Cassell Doran short stories: The Dark Forest The Dark Forest (1916) 1916 Martin Secker Doran Joseph Conrad 1916 Nisbet Henry Holt Biography and criticism The Green Mirror 1918 Macmillan Doran The Secret City The Secret City (1919) 1919 Macmillan Doran Jeremy 1919 Cassell Doran The Art of James Branch Cabell 1920 – R M McBride The Captives The Captives (1920) 1920 Macmillan Doran The Thirteen Travellers 1920 Hutchinson Doran short stories: The Young Enchanted The Young Enchanted (1921) 1921 Macmillan Grosset and Dunlap The Cathedral  The Cathedral (1922) 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 Biography and criticism My Religious Experience 1928 Benn – The Silver Thorn 1928 Macmillan Doubleday short stories: 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: 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 Doubledayshort stories: 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 Macmillanshort stories:

Book series

Some of Walpole's stories were parts of series with related themes: The London Novels were Fortitude, The Duchess of Wrexe, The Green Mirror, The Captives, The Young Enchanted, Wintersmoon, Hans Frost and Captain Nicholas. Scenes from Provincial Life included The Cathedral, The Old Ladies, Harmer John and The Inquisitor. The Herries Chronicle comprises Rogue Herries, Judith Paris, The Fortress and Vanessa. Two later Herries books were The Bright Pavilions and Katherine Christian. The Jeremy stories were Jeremy, Jeremy and Hamlet and Jeremy at Crale. Four Fantastic Tales were Maradick at Forty, Prelude to Adventure, Portrait of a Man with Red Hair and Above the Dark Circus.

Short stories The following stories appeared in The Windsor Magazine:

"The Dog and the Dragon in Reminiscence" (October 1923) "Red Amber" (December 1923) "The Garrulous Diplomatist" (December 1924) "The Adventure of Mrs Farbman" (January 1925) "The Adventure of the Imaginative Child" (February 1925) "The Happy Optimist" (March 1925) "The Dyspeptic Critic" (April 1925) "The Man Who Lost His Identity" (May 1925) "The Adventure of the Beautiful Things" (June 1925) "The War Babies are Growing Up!" (November 1934)

Other works Plays The Young Huntress, 1933 The Cathedral (adaptation of his 1922 novel), 1936 The Haxtons, 1939

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."A Second Century of Creepy Stories" WorldCat. Retrieved 23 November 2013

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Sources

"Hugh Walpole", Contemporary Authors Online, Gale Group. Retrieved 23 November 2013 "Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007 online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2013 "Hugh Walpole", WorldCat. Retrieved 5 January 2014

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