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TEXT I. HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE
Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in the family of a clergyman. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Cambridge. After graduation he worked as a school teacher and later as a reviewer. His first novel The Wooden Horse was published in 1909. He is the author of a considerable number of novels, of which Mr Perrin and Mr Traill is generally regarded as his best. Walpoles work is a serious and honest comment on life. Yet his novels are somewhat static, they lack force and colour; their social background is narrow.
Hugh Walpoles short stories are less known than his novels. Yet, it is probably through this medium that the writer manages to show the most attractive aspects of his talent. It is not only that men and women in his stories are true to life and that their problems are very much our problems. It is also the authors sympathy, understanding and compassion that endows the stories with a special warm even if somewhat melancholy radiance.
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1. H.S. Walpole was born in New Zealand. 2. He graduated from Cambridge University. 3. The novel Mr Perrin and Mr Traill is his best work. 4. His short stories are not so well-known as his novels.
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1. What did H.S. Walpole do after graduation from Cambridge University? 2. When did he publish his first novel? 3. What are the negative features of Walpols novels? 4. What are the positive features of his short stories?
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