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The Green Hat (novel)
''The Green Hat'' is a 1924 sentimental novel about the bright young things of London by Michael Arlen. The protagonist of the novel, Iris Storm, is a femme fatale with a Hispano-Suiza automobile who is involved in romantic affairs in Bohemian London in the post-World War One era. Background The genesis of the novel was Arlen's relationship with writer Nancy Cunard in 1920, although she was married to Sydney Fairbairn at the time and was also involved with Aldous Huxley. During the 1920s, Arlen rented rooms opposite 'The Grapes, Wandsworth, The Grapes' public house in Shepherd Market, then a bohemian Mayfair address. He used Shepherd Market as the setting for the novel. Reception The novel was well-reviewed and became a Bestseller, best-seller. The August 16, 1924 edition of ''The World's News'' (Sydney, Australia) carried an anonymous review of the novel, which was quote positive: The author calls this particular story "A Romance for a Few People." It should however, on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Arlen
Michael Arlen (16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian ( hy, Տիգրան Գոյումճեան), was a British essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter of Armenian origin, who had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England. Arlen is most famous for his satirical romances set in English smart society, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thrillers, for instance "The Gentleman from America", which was filmed in 1956 as a television episode for Alfred Hitchcock's TV series ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with political writing. Arlen's vivid but colloquial style "with unusual inversions and inflections with a heightened exotic pitch" came to be known as 'Arlenesque'. Very much a 1920s society figure resembling the characters he portrayed in his novels, and a man who might be referred to as a dandy, Arlen invariably impressed everyone wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |