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Robert Smythe Hichens (14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " Naughty Nineties ".
Nov 1, 2017 · Hichens had a passion for Egypt, and wrote an acclaimed book about its architecture and monuments with illustrations by Jules Guerin. Today the book is considered a collector’s item primarily for its evocative depictions of the Nile and atmospheric ruins.
Hichens is of sf interest primarily for a late novel, Dr Artz (1929), whose eponymous Antihero accomplishes feats of Rejuvenation through a covert application of Serge Voronoff's theories about the use of monkey testicles to increase the virility and life-span of human beings (see Horror in SF).
Robert Smythe Hichens has 189 books on Goodreads with 17158 ratings. Robert Smythe Hichens’s most popular book is The Green Carnation.
English journalist, novelist and short story writer. Robert Smythe Hichens. Contents. 1 Works. 1.1 Collections. 1.2 Nonfiction. 1.3 Works from periodicals. 2 Works about Hichens. Works edit. The Coast Guard's Secret (1886) The Green Carnation (published anonymously, 1894) An Imaginative Man (1895) Flames (1897) The Londoners (1898) The Slave (1899)
In later years they would know the story of how he steered the great ship Titanic into an iceberg in 1912. But not one of them would ever know for sure what finally became of him. Until now, that is. Florence Mortimore was still a teenager when she met young Robert Hichens in early 1906.
Robert Smythe Hichens. (1864—1950) writer. Quick Reference. (1864–1950) Novelist and short story writer, born in Kent, and educated at Clifton College, Bristol; remembered for The Green Carnation (1894), published anonymously, which satirized the aesthetes and Oscar Wilde ...
