Hartley, L.P. (Leslie Poles), 1895-1972

British author and novelist.

From the description of Letters, 1951-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699553

From the guide to the L.P. Hartley letters, 1951-1961, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

English novelist, short-story writer, and critic.

From the description of Letters, 1953-1967. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 145435440

From the description of L. P. Hartley letters, 1921-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598440

From the description of Letter, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486867

From the description of L. P. Hartley letters, 1958-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367820

From the description of L.P. Hartley letters, 1953-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503391765

From the guide to the L. P. Hartley letters, 1958-1972, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

From the guide to the L.P. Hartley letters, 1953-1967, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

From the guide to the L. P. Hartley letters, 1921-1969, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972) was a British writer.

Leslie Poles Hartley was born 30 December 1895 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. L. P. Hartley was a British writer, known for novels and short stories. His best known work is "The Go-Between." He was educated in Cliftonville, Thanet, then briefly at Clifton College and at Harrow School. In 1915 he went to Balliol College, Oxford, to read modern history. In 1916 he joined the British Army and was commissioned as an officer but for health reasons never left the United Kingdom. He returned to Oxford in 1919, where he gathered a number of literary friends. Success came with having his first writing published and becoming a reviewer after his Oxford degree. Though this gave him rapid social elevation his life remained very strained, and in 1922 he suffered a nervous breakdown. He shortly started spending much time in Venice. He died on 13 December 1972.

From the guide to the L. P. Hartley manuscripts, 1963-1969, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)