Arthur Quiller-Couch | |
| Born |
1863
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|---|---|
| Died |
1944 (aged 81)
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Editing, Literary Criticism |
| Nationality | British |
| Gender | Male |
Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) was a British author and literary critic known for his anthologies and novels. He is often remembered for his role as the editor of the “Oxford Book of English Verse.” Quiller-Couch’s contributions to the study and appreciation of English literature made him a respected figure in the literary world.
Short Stories written by Arthur Quiller-Couch
A Blue Pantomime 1899 - I. HOW I DINED AT THE "INDIAN QUEENS." The sensation was odd; for I could have made affidavit I had… ... Read more
A Dark Mirror 1898 - In the room of one of my friends hangs a mirror. It is an oblong sheet of glass, set in… ... Read more
A Pair of Hands 1899 - AN OLD MAID'S GHOST-STORY "Yes," said Miss Le Petyt, gazing into the deep fireplace and letting her hands and her… ... Read more
A Town’s Memory 1899 - A PENDANT TO THE FOREGOING The returned Emigrant was not one of those who sometimes creep back to Tregarrick and… ... Read more
Ballast 1899 - Under the green shore that faces the port, and at a point that, as the meeting-place of river and harbour,… ... Read more
Beside the Bee Hives 1899 - On the outskirts of the village of Gantick stand two small semi-detached cottages, coloured with the same pale yellow wash,… ... Read more
Elisha 1899 - A rough track--something between a footpath and a water course--led down the mountain-side through groves of evergreen oak, and reached… ... Read more
England! 1899 - At Madeira seven of us were added to the first-class passengers of the Cambuscan, homeward bound from Cape Town; and… ... Read more
Fortunio 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. At Tregarrick Fair they cook a goose in twenty-two different ways; and… ... Read more
From A Cottage in Troy 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. I. A HAPPY VOYAGE. The cottage that I have inhabited these six… ... Read more
Frozen Margit 1899 - A Narrative of the sufferings of Mr. Obed Lanyon, of Vellingey-Saint Agnes, Cornwall; Margit Lanyon, his wife; and seventeen persons… ... Read more
Oceanus 1899 - I My Dear Violet,--So you "gather from the tone of two or three recent letters that my spirit is creeping… ... Read more
Old Aeson 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. Judge between me and my guest, the stranger within my gates, the… ... Read more
Once Aboard the Lugger 1899 - Early last Fall there died in Troy an old man and his wife. The woman went first, and the husband… ... Read more
Prisoners of War 1899 - A REPORTED TALE OF ARDEVORA You've heard tell, I dare say, about Landlord Cummins and Billy Bosistow, and the great… ... Read more
Psyche 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. "Among these million Suns how shall the strayed Soul find her way… ... Read more
Red Velvet 1899 - [August, 1644. The Story is told by Ralph Medhope, Captain of the Twenty-second (or Gray-coat) Troop of Horse in the… ... Read more
Statement of Gabriel Foot: Highwayman 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. The jury re-entered the court after half an hour's consultation. It all… ... Read more
Stories of Bleakirk 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. I. THE AFFAIR OF BLEAKIRK-ON-SANDS. [The events, which took place on November… ... Read more
The Carol 1899 - I was fourteen that Christmas:--all Veryan parish knows the date of the famous "Black Winter," when the Johann brig came… ... Read more
The Countess of Bellarmine 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. Few rivers in England are without their "Lovers' Leap"; but the tradition… ... Read more
The Disenchantment of ‘Lizabeth 1899 - "So you reckon I've got to die?" The room was mean, but not without distinction. The meanness lay in lime-washed… ... Read more
The Doctor’s Foundling 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. There are said to be many vipers on the Downs above the… ... Read more
The Gifts of Feodor Himkoff 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. It is just six years ago that I first travelled the coast… ... Read more
The Haunted Dragoon 1899 - Beside the Plymouth road, as it plunges down-hill past Ruan Lanihale church towards Ruan Cove, and ten paces beyond the… ... Read more
The Haunted Yacht 1899 - A YARN. If any one cares to buy the yawl Siren, he may have her for 200 pounds, or a… ... Read more
The Jew on the Moor 1899 - [The scene is the kitchen of a small farm-house above the Walkham River, on the western edge of Dartmoor. The… ... Read more
The Lady of the Red Admirals 1899 - "All day within the dreamy house The doors upon their hinges creak'd, The blue fly sung in the pane; the… ... Read more
The Lady of the Ship 1899 - [Or so much as is told of her by Paschal Tonkin, steward and major-domo to the lamented John Milliton, of… ... Read more
The Magic Shadow 1899 - Once upon a time there was born a man-child with a magic shadow. His case was so rare that a… ... Read more
The Mayor of Gantick 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. One of these days I hope to write a treatise on the… ... Read more
The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem 1899 - A Jew, unfortunately slain on the sands of Sheba Cove, in the parish of Ruan Lanihale, August 15, 1810: or… ... Read more
The Omnibus 1898 - ... Read more
The Outlandish Ladies 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. A mile beyond the fishing village, as you follow the road that… ... Read more
The Paradise of Choice 1899 - It was not as in certain toy houses that foretell the weather by means of a man-doll and a woman-doll--the… ... Read more
The Penance of John Emmet 1899 - I have thought fit in this story to alter all the names involved and disguise the actual scene of it:… ... Read more
The Return of Joanna 1899 - From Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches. High and low, rich and poor, in Troy Town there are seventy-three… ... Read more
The Room of Mirrors 1899 - A late hansom came swinging round the corner into Lennox Gardens, cutting it so fine that the near wheel ground… ... Read more
The Seventh Man 1936 - In a one-roomed hut, high within the Arctic Circle, and only a little south of the eightieth parallel, six men… ... Read more
The Singular Adventure of a Small Free-Trader 1899 - [The events which are to be narrated happened in the spring of 1803, and just before the rupture of the… ... Read more
The Small People 1899 - To a Lady who had asked for a Fairy Tale. You thought it natural, my dear lady, to lay this… ... Read more
The Two Householders 1899 - Extract from the Memoirs of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman. I will say this--speaking as accurately as a man may, so long… ... Read more
Widdershins 1899 - A DROLL. Once upon a time there was a small farmer living in Wendron parish, not far from the church-town.… ... Read more
Yorkshire Dick 1899 - "See here, you'd best lose the bitch--till tomorrow, anyway. She ain't the sight to please a strict man, like your… ... Read more
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