L.P. Hartley

Birth : 1895-12-30, Whittlesey, United Kingdom

Death : 1972-12-13

History

Born Leslie Poles Hartley, but more known just as L. P. Hartley. British writer and short story writer. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947), The Go-Between (1953) and The Hireling (1957). The first was made into a TV movie in 1977, and the other two were made into cinema films in 1971 and 1973.

Movies

The Go-Between

Novel

An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.

Three Dangerous Ladies

Story

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.

The Hireling

Novel

Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.

The Go-Between

Novel

British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.

Feet Foremost

Story

The new owners of a Manor House discover a legend that whoever is carried across the threshold shall unleash unknown forces...