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By: Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950) | |
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The Spell of Egypt
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate. | |
The Return of the Soul
Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not believe it could be so, and yet was in love with the returned soul? The Return of the Soul is a horror story of a man who is visited by the returning soul of a deceased, and who has some very perplexing issues to deal with upon that return. (Introduction by Roger Melin) | |
Green Carnation
The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas - also known as 'Bosie', whom the author personally knew. It was an instant succès de scandale on both sides of the Atlantic. The book features the characters of 'Esmé Amarinth' (Wilde), and 'Lord Reginald (Reggie) Hastings' (Douglas). The words put in the mouths of the hero and his young friend in the story are mostly gathered from the sayings of their originals... | |
The Garden of Allah | |
In the Wilderness | |
The Call of the Blood | |
December Love | |
Tongues of Conscience
Tongues of Conscience (1898) is a collection of five thought-provoking stories where an innocent, but selfish, action leads to horrific consequences. Robert Hichens writes some wonderfully evocative descriptions of nature: from a raw and exposed violent seascape, to the serene and idyllic countryside “…the violets seemed to sing in odours…” , to a train pushing through the white-out of a blizzard. In Sea Change an artist with a dark secret (“…I painted for him in words, the varying colors of waves in different seas… I drowned little Jack in the sea... | |
Bella Donna A Novel | |
The Dweller on the Threshold | |
Bye-Ways | |
The Woman with the Fan | |
"Fin Tireur" 1905 | |
The Way of Ambition | |
The Desert Drum 1905 | |
The Prophet of Berkeley Square | |
The Princess And The Jewel Doctor 1905 | |
Halima And The Scorpions 1905 | |
Desert Air 1905 | |
A Spirit in Prison | |
The Figure In The Mirage 1905 | |
The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 | |
The Folly Of Eustace 1896 | |
Flames | |
The Spinster 1905 | |
Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day 1905 | |
The Collaborators 1896 |