Robert S Hichens
Appearance
This article is about the British writer. For the Quartermaster of the Titanic, see Robert Hichens.
Biography
Hichens, Robert S[mythe] 1864 - 1950
British journalist and writer, best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation [1894], his novels that were made into films (The Garden of Allah, The Paradine Case) and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea," which has been frequently anthologized.
Bibliography
Novels
- Flames (1897)
- Call of the Blood (1905)
- The Dweller on the Threshold (1911)
- In the Wilderness (1917)
- The Paradine Case (1933)
- Harps in the Wind (1945)
Collections
- The Folly of Eustace: And Other Stories (1896)
- Bye-Ways (1897)
- Tongues of Conscience (1900)
- The Black Spaniel: And Other Stories (1905)
- Snake-Bite: And Other Stories (1919)
Anthologies containing stories by Robert S Hichens
- Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
- The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
- Medley Macabre (1966)
- Black Water (1984)
- I Shudder at Your Touch (1992)
- 4 Classic Ghostly Tales (1993)
Short stories
- How Love Came to Professor Guildea (1900)
- Demetriadi's Dream