L. P. Hartley
Leslie Poles Hartley was an English novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his best-known works are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1944–1947) and The Go-Between (1953). The latter was made into a film in 1971, as was his 1957 novel The Hireling in 1973.
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Background
- Born in
- Whittlesey
- Educated at
- Balliol CollegeHarrow SchoolClifton College
- Awards
- 🏆 James Tait Black Memorial Prize🏆 Commander of the Order of the British Empire🏆 Heinemann Award
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"I remember walking to the cricket ground with the team, sometimes trying to feel, and sometimes trying not to feel, that I was one of them; and the conviction I had, which comes so quickly to a boy, t…"
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1895
Born
Birth1972
Died
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