L. P. Hartley

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L. P. Hartley was a British novelist best known for his 1953 novel "The Go-Between," a classic exploration of memory, class, and lost innocence.

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L. P. Hartley canonical 7

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instanceOf essayist
human
novel
novelist
short story writer
author L. P. Hartley
birthName Leslie Poles Hartley
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1895-12-30
dateOfDeath 1972-12-13
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
Harrow School
familyName Hartley
famousOpeningLine The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
genre coming-of-age novel
ghost story
novel
psychological fiction
short story
social novel
givenName Leslie
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainTheme class
lost innocence
memory
movement 20th-century English literature
name L. P. Hartley
nationality British
notableWork Eustace and Hilda
Eustace and Hilda (trilogy)
linked to: Eustace and Hilda

The Go-Between
The Hireling
The Shrimp and the Anemone
The Sixth Heaven
occupation critic
novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
publicationDate 1953
workFocus class
innocence
memory
moral psychology
writingStyle realist
traditional

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The Go-Between authorOfSourceWork L. P. Hartley
Hartley hasNotableBearer L. P. Hartley
Marian Maudsley createdBy L. P. Hartley
Leo Colston createdBy L. P. Hartley
L. P. Hartley name L. P. Hartley
The Go-Between author L. P. Hartley
subject linked to: L. P. Hartley
Ted Burgess creator L. P. Hartley