A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1879–1971) was a British novelist and short story writer, best known for his popular novels during the early 20th century. His most famous work, "If Winter Comes" (1921), was a bestseller and later adapted into a film. Hutchinson often explored themes of personal struggle and social norms, capturing the essence of post-World War I Britain. His other notable works include "This Freedom" (1922) and "The Clean Heart" (1925), though his popularity waned in the latter half of his career.

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CHAPTER I I To take Mark Sabre at the age of thirty-four, and in the year 1912, and at the place Penny Green is to necessitate looking back a little towards the time of his marriage in 1904, but happens to find him in good light for observation. Encountering him hereabouts, one who had shared school days with him at his preparatory school so much as twenty-four years back would have found matter for... more...

CHAPTER I. Excursions In A Garden. I. Mr. Christopher Marrapit is dozing in a chair upon the lawn; his darling cat, the Rose of Sharon, is sleeping on his lap; stiffly beside him sits Mrs. Major, his companion—that masterly woman. As we approach to be introduced, it is well we should know something of Mr. Marrapit. The nervous business of adventuring into an assembly of strangers is considerably... more...

CHAPTER I Rosalie's earliest apprehension of the world was of a mysterious and extraordinary world that revolved entirely about her father and that entirely and completely belonged to her father. Under her father, all males had proprietory rights in the world and dominion over it; no females owned any part of the world or could do anything with it. All the males in this world—her father, and... more...