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An Imaginative Man
''An Imaginative Man'' is an 1895 novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. A tale about a young man on holiday in Cairo who after experiencing dissatisfaction with his new wife becomes increasingly obsessed with Great Sphinx, it was a commercial hit and Hichens wrote a number of further books in the orientalist style.Sutherland p.295 References Bibliography * Sutherland, John. ''The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction''. Stanford University Press, 1990. * Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1895 British novels Novels by Robert Hichens Novels set in Cairo Great Sphinx of Giza {{DEFAULTSORT:Imaginative Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hichens (writer)
Robert Hichens (Robert Smythe Hichens, 14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " Naughty Nineties".John Sutherland. "HICHENS, Robert" in ''The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction''. 1989 Brian Stableford, "Hichens, Robert (Smythe)" in David Pringle, ed. ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic writers''. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1998, (pp. 268-70). Biography Hichens was born in Speldhurst in Kent, the eldest son of the Rev. Frederick Harrison Hichens, and his wife Abigail Elizabeth Smythe. He was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music and early on had a desire to be a musician. Later in life he would become music critic on ''The World'', taking the place of George Bernard Shaw. He studied at the London School of Journalism. Hichens was a great traveller. Egypt was one of his favourit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
