Novelist and
short story writer, Leslie Poles Hartley's work won a number of
awards, but he is best known for The Go-Between, an evocative portrayal of a
small boy's view of Edwardian England, which won the Heinemann
Foundation Award.
Short Stories
Night Fears and Other Stories, Putnam,
1924
Including:
"Night Fears".
The Killing Bottle, Putnam, 1931
Including:
"A Visitor from Down Under", "Feet Foremost", "The Cotillon", "A
Change of Ownership", "Conrad and the Dragon", "The Killing
Bottle".
The Travelling Grave, Arkham House (U.S.),
1948
ditto, Barrie, 1951
Including:
"A Visitor from Down Under", "Podolo", "Three, or Four, for
Dinner", "The Travelling Grave", "Feet Foremost", "The Cotillon",
"A Change of Ownership", "The Thought", "Conrad and the Dragon",
"The Island", "Night Fears", "The Killing Bottle".
A White Wand and Other Stories, Hamilton,
1954
Including:
"A Summons", "W.S.", "The Two Vaynes", "Monkshood Manor".
Two for the River, Hamilton, 1961
Including"Two for the River", "Someone in the
Lift", "The Face", "The Corner Cupboard", "The Waits", "The Pampas
Clump", "The Crossways", "Per Far L’Amore", "Interference", "The
Pylon."
The Collected Stories, Hamilton, 1968
ditto, Horizon Press (U.S.), 1969
Mrs Carteret Receives, Hamilton, 1971
Including:
"Mrs Carteret Receives", "Fall in at the Double", "Paradise
Paddock", "Roman Charity", "Pains and Pleasures", "Please Do Not
Touch", "Home Sweet Home", "The Shadow on the Wall."
The Collected Macabre Stories, Tartarus Press,
2001
Including:
"A Visitor from Down Under", "Podolo", "Three, or Four, for
Dinner", "The Travelling Grave", "Feet Foremost", "The Cotillon",
"A Change of Ownership", "The Thought", "Conrad and the Dragon",
"The Island", "Night Fears", "The Killing Bottle", "A Summons",
"W.S.", "The Two Vaynes", "Monkshood Manor", "Two for the River",
"Someone in the Lift", "The Face", "The Corner Cupboard", "The
Waits", "The Pampas Clump", "The Crossways", "Per Far L’Amore",
"Interference", "The Pylon, "Mrs Carteret Receives", "Fall in at
the Double", "Paradise Paddock", "Roman Charity", "Pains and
Pleasures", "Please Do Not Touch", "Home Sweet Home", "The Shadow
on the Wall", "The Sound of Voices", "Mrs G. G.", "The Stain on
the Chair".
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