Henry Green

Henry Green (1905–1973) was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke. Born near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England, he was educated at Eton and Oxford and went on to become the managing director of his family’s engineering business, writing novels in his spare time. His first novel, Blindness (1926), was written while he was at Oxford. He married in 1929 and had one son, and during the Second World War served in the Auxiliary Fire Service. Between 1926 and 1952 he wrote nine novels—Blindness, Living, Party Going, Caught, Loving, Back, Concluding, Nothing, and Doting—and a memoir, Pack My Bag.

  • Loving
    Loving
    Loving Henry Green
  • Caught
    Caught
    Caught Henry Green
  • Back
    Back
    Back Henry Green
  • Blindness
    Blindness
    Blindness Henry Green
  • Living
    Living
    Living Henry Green
  • Party Going
    Party Going
    Party Going Henry Green
  • Doting
    Doting
    Doting Henry Green
  • Nothing
    Nothing
    Nothing Henry Green
  • Surviving
    Surviving
    Surviving Henry Green

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