Barry Pain

The Exiles of Faloo (eBook, ePUB)

'It was almost the only æsthetic pleasure that he enjoyed''

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Produktbeschreibung

Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children.

He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

In 1889, Cornhill Magazine published his short story 'The Hundred Gates'. This opened the way for Pain to advance his literary career on several fronts. He became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as joining the staff of both the Daily Chronicle and Black and White.

Pain was also a noted and prominent contributor to The Granta and from 1896 to 1928 a regular contributor to the Windsor Magazine.

It is often said that Pain was discovered by Robert Louis Stevenson, who compared his work to that of Guy de Maupassant. It's an apt comparison. Pain was a master of disturbing prose but was also able to inject parody and light comedy into many of his works. A simple premise could in his hands suddenly expand into a world very real but somehow emotionally fraught and on the very edge of darkness.

Barry Pain died on 5th May 1928 in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copyright Group
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839678608
• Artikelnr.: 61922211

Autorenporträt

Barry Pain was an English journalist, poet, humourist, and author. Barry Pain was born in Cambridge and attended both Sedbergh School and Corpus Christi College. He became an important contributor to The Granta. He was recognized for writing parodies and moderately humorous pieces. James Payn, the editor of Cornhill Magazine, published his story "The Hundred Gates" in 1889, and Pain soon became a contributor to Punch and The Speaker, as well as the Daily Chronicle and Black and White. Pain, it is said, "owes his distxtery to Robert Louis Stevenson, who compares him to De Maupassant". From 1896 until 1928, he was a regular contributor to The Windsor Magazine. He died in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and was buried in the Bushey churchyard.