| Eden Phillpotts |
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| 1862 births | |
| 1960 deaths | |
| english poets | |
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He was the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor . His Dartmoor cycle of 18 novels and two volumes of short stories still have many avid readers despite the fact that many titles are out of print. Philpotts also wrote many other books with a Dartmoor setting. He was for many years the President of the Dartmoor Preservation Association and cared passionately about the conservation of Dartmoor. One of his novels, ''Widecombe Fair'', inspired by an annual , Lillian Hall-Davis , Gordon Harker and Gibb McLaughlin . Philpotts was a friend of Agatha Christie , who was a fan of his work and a regular visitor to his home. Some of his novels about Dartmoor include:
Among his other works is '' The Grey Room '', the plot of which is centered on a haunted room in an English manor house. Late in his long writing career he wrote a few books of interest to Science Fiction readers. The most noteworthy being Saurus which involves an alien reptilian being observing human life, somewhat after the fashion Ethnographer s observed peoples deemed "primitive" at that time. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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