Walpole, Sir Hugh (Seymour)
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died June 1, 1941, near Keswick, Cumberland, Eng.
British novelist, critic, and dramatist.
A natural storyteller, Walpole turned to writing and reviewing books after unsuccessful attempts at teaching and lay reading in the Anglican church. Among his important novels is the semiautobiographical series that includes
Jeremy (1919),
Jeremy and Hamlet (1923), and
Jeremy at Crale (1927). The Herries Chronicle, about an English country family, comprises
Rogue Herries (1930),
Judith Paris (1931),
The Fortress (1932), and
Vanessa (1933). He also wrote critical works on
Anthony Trollope,
Walter Scott, and
Joseph Conrad.
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Universalium.
2010.
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