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Cathedral (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This 1922 novel puts to good use Walpoles experiences in a series of boarding schools, as well as his knowledge of his fathers career as the Bishop of Edinburgh. Acknowledged as …
Wooden Horse (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A father returns from a lonely twenty years exile in Australia, to find his only son cold and unwelcoming. Walpoles first novel (1909) was praised for its fine observation of the …
Green Mirror (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Sounding a favorite themethe power of the elderly, especially the power of elderly ladiesthis early (1917) novel shows the influence of the authors mentor, Henry James. It …
Prelude to Adventure (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Praised in a letter to the author by Carl Jung as a psychological masterpiece, Walpoles early (1912) novel is the story of a Cambridge undergraduate, Olva Dune, who commits a …
Secret City (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
During World War I, Walpole worked in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) as Head of British Propaganda. He drew on that experience for this 1919 novel, the tale of a Russian family caught …
Golden Scarecrow (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Hugh Seymour is the protagonist among a slew of characters appearing in this partly autobiographical 1915 collection of sketches. Meet Enery, Bim Rochester, Young John Scarlet, and …
Fortitude (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
It isnt life that matters, but the courage you bring to it! begins this early (1913) novel, one of Walpoles first great successes, which has been described as a fairytale romance. …
Thirteen Travellers (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
In addition to his autobiographical novels of social observation, Walpole was also known for his fine tales of supernatural horror. This 1920 collection includes Lizzie Rand, one …
Dark Forest (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
While working for the Red Cross during World War I, Walpole rescued a wounded soldier under fire. He drew on his experiences for this 1916 novel featuring a love triangle between a …
Young Enchanted (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This 1921 novel, praised for Walpoles distinctively vivid characters and London setting, was greeted as a departure for the popular writer: part satire, part fairy-tale. Young …
Duchess of Wrexe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A case of buyers remorse, Victorian style: feisty young Rachel chooses a conventional but dull suitor over her rebellious cousin. As her marriage goes into decline, she starts …
Jeremy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The author was praised for his lively and accurate depictions of childhood in this 1919 novel. A comic exploration of the psychology of boyhood, it is the first in a trilogy that …