George Walter Stonier or G. W. Stonier (1903 – 1985) was an English critic, novelist and radio playwright, and a literary editor of the ''

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''. He wrote a weekly column for the ''New Statesman'' for twenty years until 1961 under the pseudonym William Whitebait. He was an adapter of

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'', and his radio plays included ''Ophelia'', ''The Shadow Across the Page'', ''The House Opposite'' and ''Chap in a Bowler Hat''. He was a contributor to ''

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'', literary journals and ''

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''. He was also author of the well-regarded novella ''Memoirs of a Ghost'' and of six other books:''Shaving Through the Blitz'', ''Shadow Across the Page'', ''Gog Magog'', ''My Dear Bunny'', ''Across London with the Unicorn'', and ''Pictures on the Pavement'' illustrated by

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. He was the first to translate

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's classic tale of an unloved child, ''Poil de Carotte'' into English. It was published (as ''Carrots'') in 1946 by the

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in an edition illustrated by

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Selected list of works

* ''Pictures on the Pavement'' (London: Michael Joseph, 1955). Illustrated by

* ''Gog, Magog and other critical essays'' (London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1933) * ''The Memoirs of a Ghost'' (Grey Walls Press, 1947) * ''The English Countryside in Colour'' (London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1957) * ''My Dear Bunny (''Homeand van Thal, 1946) * ''The Shadow Across the Page'' (London: Cresset Press, .d. * ''Shaving through the Blitz'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1943) * ''Enchanted Park''

Contributions to other works

* Gissing, George, ''New Grub Street'' (Oxford University Press, World's Classics, 1958). Introduction by G. W. Stonier * Stonier, G. W. (ed.); with illustrations by Nicolas Bentley, ''New Statesman Competitions'' (London: Faber and Faber, 1946) * Renard, Jules; translated into English by G. W. Stonier, and with drawings by Fred Uhlman, ''Carrots oil de carotte' (London: Grey Walls Press, 1946 * Flaubert, Gustave; translated into English by T. W. Earp and G. W. Stonier, ''Bouvard and Pécuchet'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1936)

References

External links

Review of ''Memoirs of a Ghost''
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