Michael Arlen
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'.
"Piracy" : $b A romantic chronicle of these days
Amidst the bright lights and bustling streets of London, a solitary figure seeks purpose and connection to overcome a past filled with loss.
By Michael Arlen
The green hat
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.
By Michael Arlen
The London Venture
Haunted by a mysterious woman, a man grapples with regret and lost identity after fleeing the enthralling, yet isolating, embrace of London.
By Michael Arlen
May Fair : $b being an entertainment purporting to reveal to gentlefolk the real state of affairs existing in the very heart of London during the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: together with suitable reflections on the last follies, misadventures and galanteries of these charming people
: In London's high society, a young writer's chance encounter ignites a tale of love, social class clashes, and duels that will alter the course of their interconnected lives.
By Michael Arlen
The Romantic Lady
A man's life is upturned after sending a daring invitation to a captivating woman he glimpses across a crowded theater.
By Michael Arlen
These charming people : $b being a tapestry of the fortunes, follies, adventures, gallantries and general activities of Shelmerdene (that lovely lady), Lord Tarlyon, Mr. Michael Wagstaffe, Mr. Ralph Wyndham Trevor and some others of their friends of the lighter sort
In a world of high society, a captivating woman navigates love and life alongside her charismatic companions, revealing a web of intertwined destinies.
By Michael Arlen