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The Prelude to Adventure (Esprios Classics), Paperback / softback Book

The Prelude to Adventure (Esprios Classics) Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 - 1 June 1941) was an English novelist.

He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing.

Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett.

His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America.

He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death.

After his first novel, The Wooden Horse, in 1909, Walpole wrote prolifically, producing at least one book every year.

He was a spontaneous story-teller, writing quickly to get all his ideas on paper, seldom revising.

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