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Leslie Poles Hartley was a British novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his career was slow to take off. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy and The Go-Between . The latter was made into a film in 1971, as was his 1957 novel The Hireling in 1973.

✵ 30. December 1895 – 13. December 1972
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Famous L. P. Hartley Quotes

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

L. P. Hartley book The Go-Between

First sentence.
The Go-Between (1953)

“I remember walking to the cricket ground with the team, sometimes trying to feel, and sometimes trying not to feel, that I was one of them; and the conviction I had, which comes so quickly to a boy, that nothing in the world mattered except that we should win.”

L. P. Hartley book The Go-Between

The Go-Between (1953)

“I caught glimpses of white-clad figures striding purposefully to and fro, heard men's voices calling each other in tones of authority and urgency, as if life had suddenly become more serious, as if battle were in prospect.”

L. P. Hartley book The Go-Between

The Go-Between (1953)

“"But men still shoot each other, don't they?" I asked hopefully.
"They shot me," he answered, with what I took to be a smile.
"Yes, but that was in a war. Do they still shoot each other over ladies?" I imagined a carpet of prostrate women, over whom shots rang out.”

L. P. Hartley book The Go-Between

The Go-Between (1953)

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