"The Green Hat" by Michael Arlen is a story set in the early 20th century about Iris Storm, a fascinating woman, and the narrator whose life is forever changed when she appears just as he begins a new chapter. The novel examines themes of love and identity, with Iris struggling to define herself against the backdrop of society's expectations, while the narrator reviews his own disordered existence. Iris's brother, Gerald March, a writer battling alcoholism, adds another troubled layer to the story, with the connection between the siblings and the entrance of the narrator establishing the central conflict. A green hat embodies Iris's intense and conflicting personality. Through introspective dialogue, the characters examine their emotions and relationships, setting the state for a story of complex human connections.
The green hat
By Michael Arlen
In a world of mystery and complexity, a captivating woman wearing a distinct green hat forever alters the course of a man's life as they navigate the complications of love, legacy, and expectations.
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About the AuthorMichael Arlen was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. He had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England, publishing the best-selling novel The Green Hat in 1924. Arlen is most famous for his satirical romances set in English smart society, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thrillers, for instance "The Gentleman from America", which was filmed in 1948 as The Fatal Night, and again in 1956 as a television episode for Alfred Hitchcock's TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with political writing. Arlen's vivid but colloquial style "with unusual inversions and inflections with a heightened exotic pitch" came to be known as 'Arlenesque'.
Michael Arlen was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter. He had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England, publishing the best-selling novel The Green Hat in 1924. Arlen is most famous for his satirical romances set in English smart society, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thrillers, for instance "The Gentleman from America", which was filmed in 1948 as The Fatal Night, and again in 1956 as a television episode for Alfred Hitchcock's TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Near the end of his life, Arlen mainly occupied himself with political writing. Arlen's vivid but colloquial style "with unusual inversions and inflections with a heightened exotic pitch" came to be known as 'Arlenesque'.
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