About William Gerhardie
William Alexander Gerhardie was born in St Petersburg, Russia, in 1895. As a young man he went to London and, when the First World War broke out, joined the army. He was first sent to Russia and later travelled the world before beginning to write. Futility (1922), his first novel, was sponsored by Katherine Mansfield, and other notable works of his include The Polyglots (1925) and Of Mortal Love (1936). Gerhardie's writing was acclaimed by and influential on many of his peers, including Anthony Powell, H.G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and Olivia Manning. He died in London in 1977.
Novels
Futility (1922)
The Polyglots (1925)
A Bad End (1926)
Pretty Creatures (1927)
The Vanity Bag (1927)
Doom (1928)
aka My Sinful Earth / Jazz and Jasper
Pending Heaven (1930)
Resurrection (1934)
Of Mortal Love (1936)
My Wife's the Least of It (1938)
The Polyglots (1925)
A Bad End (1926)
Pretty Creatures (1927)
The Vanity Bag (1927)
Doom (1928)
aka My Sinful Earth / Jazz and Jasper
Pending Heaven (1930)
Resurrection (1934)
Of Mortal Love (1936)
My Wife's the Least of It (1938)
Plays
Non fiction
Anton Chehov: A Critical Study (1923)
Matthew Arnold: and a Few Others (1929)
Memoirs of a Polyglot (1931)
The Memoirs of Satan (1932) (with Brian Lunn)
The Casanova Fable (1934) (with Hugh Kingsmill)
Meet Yourself As You Really Are (1936) (with Leopold zu Loewenstein)
The Romanovs: Evocation of the Past As a Mirror for the Present (1939)
God's Fifth Column: A Biography of the Age, 1890-1940 (1981)
Matthew Arnold: and a Few Others (1929)
Memoirs of a Polyglot (1931)
The Memoirs of Satan (1932) (with Brian Lunn)
The Casanova Fable (1934) (with Hugh Kingsmill)
Meet Yourself As You Really Are (1936) (with Leopold zu Loewenstein)
The Romanovs: Evocation of the Past As a Mirror for the Present (1939)
God's Fifth Column: A Biography of the Age, 1890-1940 (1981)
Anthologies containing stories by William Gerhardie
When Churchyards Yawn (1931)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
Short stories
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