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Robert S Hichens

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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

Sources