Author:Joseph Hergesheimer

Joseph Hergesheimer
(1880–1954)

American writer known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

Joseph Hergesheimer

Works

Novels

  • The Lay Anthony (Kennerley, 1914; Knopf, 1919) (start transcription)
  • Mountain Blood (Kennerley, 1915; Knopf, 1919) (start transcription)
  • The Three Black Pennys (1917) (start transcription)
  • Java Head (1919) (start transcription)
  • Linda Condon (1919) (start transcription)
  • Cytherea (1922) (start transcription)
  • The Bright Shawl (1922) (transcription project)
  • The Presbyterian Child (1923)
  • Balisand (1924)
  • Tampico (1926)

Collections and short works

Short works from magazines

Belles-Lettres

  • San Cristobal de la Habana (1920) (start transcription) (external scan)
  • From an Old House (1925) limited, signed edition, out of print

Non-fiction

  • Hugh Walpole, an Appreciation (1919)

Individual short stories


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.


This author died in 1954, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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