Down by the Sea
1956 novel
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Author | Walter Greenwood |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Hutchinson |
Publication date | 1956 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Preceded by | What Everybody Wants |
Down by the Sea is a 1956 novel by the British writer Walter Greenwood.[1] It is the final entry of a trilogy set in the fictional fishing port of Treeloe in Cornwall.[2] Durrall, the principal protagonist of the previous novel marries a woman and is able to prosper by opening his cottage as a tea house for tourists.
It was his penultimate published novel, followed by the Manchester-set Saturday Night at the Crown in 1959.
References
Bibliography
- Hopkins, Chris. Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole: Novel, Play, Film. Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Woods, Tim. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge, 2008.
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