Jeremy at Crale

Hugh Walpole

Horror built on the psychological game of characters. Jeremy at Crale is a third-age story published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim throughout the world, it quickly became a bestseller.

John Cornelius. His Life and Adventures

Hugh Walpole

This is a story about the life of a genius who has only dreams. But really make dreams a reality? After all, this is not a fantasy world. Walpole wrote mainly about a character whose life was never very real, and who could not find happiness, except in strange moments because of this abyss between him and the world. Walpoles romantic flights have a realistic break to temper them.

Judith Paris

Hugh Walpole

The characters are diverse and strong in these books. Walpole clearly believed in women with character, because the book is full of them. Not so outrageous to be incredible, but more women who will not be meek rugs for spouses or family members. History and famous characters sometimes slip in to add color and historical context. Vivid descriptions of the countryside, especially the lake region. Even now, ridges and lakes penetrate in all directions of life.

Katherine Christine

Hugh Walpole

Nicholas Harris, his father, and Rosamund Harris, his mother, looked at him with love and pride. Nicholas, a huge man, was 1603 fifty-nine years old this year, and his wife thirty-seven. They were in their own house in Westminster, and everything was fine with them. Robert, their only child, was three years old. He was wide and well-built, but not tall, his strong legs lay firmly on the ground, his round head sat well on his thick neck, his eyes were steady and piercing. He was still a child, but already had self-confidence and independence. Now he was a serious child: he only laughed when his father was at hand.

Maradick at Forty. A Transition

Hugh Walpole

This is a novel with catchy locations and characters. A man in a midlife crisis travels to a remote Kornish village with his wife. The strange happy village, where drunkenness is widespread and people are very open, begins to influence the actions of visitors up to a change in their character. The very strangeness of history guarantees that it will remain in memory for a long time.

Portrait of a Man with Red Hair

Hugh Walpole

This is a terrible story about Harkness, a timid American who travels all over Europe with his etchings as his only friends. While in London, he meets a man at the club who recommends visiting a small town during his holidays. The next 24 hours completely change his life. He made friends with a frightened young woman who is unhappily married and meets a man with red hair, a rich and sadistic man who loves to influence others by hurting them.

Portret rudego człowieka

Hugh Walpole

„Portret rudego człowieka” (pierwotnie wydana w Polsce pod tytułem „Wizerunek człowieka rudego”) to dziś już klasyczna pozycja z gatunku powieści z dreszczykiem. Słuchacz znajdzie w niej trafne, niekiedy ironiczne obserwacje, barwne opisy i nastrojowe sceny. Warto podkreślić, że stwarzając atmosferę grozy autor nie ucieka się od popularnego w owym okresie odwoływania się do sił nadprzyrodzonych. Hugh Walpole (1884 - 1941) – angielski powieściopisarz, krytyk literacki. Urodził się na Nowej Zelandii. Uczył się w Anglii. Nim został pisarzem, pracował jako nauczyciel. W 1909 wydał pierwszą powieść The Wooden Horse. Powieść Fortitude z 1913 odniosła duży sukces. W czasie I wojny światowej pracował w Rosji dla Czerwonego Krzyża. Swe wrażenia spisał w Ciemnym lesie (1916) i The secret city (1919). Walpole mieszkał w Brackenburn Lodge. Tutaj napisał najbardziej znane prace, włączając w to sagę rodzinną The Herries Chronicle (Rogue Herries (1930), Judith Paris (1931), The Fortress (1932) i Vanessa (1933)). Jego książki były bardzo popularne i odniosły finansowy sukces. W dorobku literackim pisarza można znaleźć powieści szkolne (Mr Perrin and Mr Traill (1911) i trylogia Jeremy), gotyckie horrory (Wizerunek człowieka rudego (1925) i The Killer & The Slain (1942)). Pisał również biografie – Josepha Conrada (1916) Jamesa Brancha Cabella (1920) i Anthony Trollpe'a (1928). Pisał także sztuki. Napisał scenariusz do zrealizowanego przez wytwórnię Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmu David Copperfield (1935) w reżyserii George'a Cukora. Zagrał w nim także małą rolę. W 1937 otrzymał tytuł szlachecki. Walpole należał do ekskluzywnej gejowskiej koterii Londynu lat trzydziestych. Należeli do niej również Noel Coward i Ivor Novello.  

Rogue Herries

Hugh Walpole

This chronicle tells of several generations of a family that lives in the Lake District in England, dating back to the late seventeen hundred. Hughs descriptions of this area are excellent. He had such a great love for him that he conveyed a great sense of his presence throughout all four novels. His characters also become so alive for the reader, because, I think, he is completely immersed in them.