Robert Hichens

The Call of the Blood Robert Hichens

Spirit in Prison Series

by Robert Smythe Hichens

Categories: Fiction, Romance

This Series contains 2 existing novels/books:

1)

The Call of the Blood

English, published in 1905

145,273 words (415 pages)

2)

A Spirit in Prison

English, published in 1908

187,833 words (537 pages)

About the Author:

Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 ? July 20, 1950) was an English journalist and novelist.

Born in Speldhurst in Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music, and the London School of Journalism.

He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is 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 (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) ? and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction.

Hichens' classic novel The Green Carnation has been republished as a hardcover volume in 2006.