P. C. Wren

Percival Christopher Wren
Percival Christopher Wren
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Percy Wren (1875-11-01)1. 11. 1875. Deptford, South London, Engleska Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Smrt	22. 11. 1941. (dob: 66)
Nacionalnost	engleska
Obrazovanje
Alma mater	St Catherine's College, Oxford
Zanimanje	nastavnik, književnik
Opus
Književne vrste	pustolovni roman
Jezik	engleski
Znamenita djela
Beau Geste

Percival Christopher Wren (1. novembar 1875 - 22. novembar 1941) bio je britanski književnik, najpoznatiji kao autor pustolovnog romana Beau Geste, posvećenog francuskoj Legiji stranaca.

Po struci je bio nastavnik, i mnogo godina je proveo u Britanskoj Indiji. O njegovom životu između 1917. i 1922. godine, pak, ne postoje gotovo nikakvi pouzdani podaci, pa su se zbog toga javile hipoteze da ih je proveo služeći u Legiji. U svakom slučaju, Beau Geste, objavljen 1924. godine je pružio izuzetno detaljan i autentičan opis legionarskog života. Roman je postigao veliki uspjeh te potakao Wrena da napiše još nekoliko nastavaka, a više puta je adaptiran u hollywoodske filmove.

Bibliografija

• The Indian Teacher's Guide to the Theory and Practice of Mental, Moral, and Physical Education (1910 Bombay)
• Indian School Organization, Management, Discipline, Tone, and Equipment, Being the Indian Headmaster's Guide (1911 Bombay)
• The Direct Teaching of English in Indian Schools (1911 Bombay)
• Dew and Mildew: Semi-Detached Stories from Darabad, India (1912 UK)
• Chemistry and First Aid for Standard VII with H.E.H. Pratt (1913 Bombay)
• Father Gregory; or, Lures and Failures: A Tale of Hindustan (1913 UK/1926 US)
• Physics and Mechanics with N.B. Macmillan (1914 Bombay)
• Snake and Sword (1914 UK)
• The Wages of Virtue (1916 UK/1917 US)
• Driftwood Spars (1916 UK/1927 US)
• Stepsons of France (1917 UK/1917 US)
• The Young Stagers, Being Further Faites and Gestes of the Junior Carlton Club of Karabad, India... (1917 UK/1926 US)
• Cupid in Africa; or, The Making of Bertran in Love and War - A Character Study (1920 UK)
• With the Prince through Canada, New Zealand, and Australia (1922 Bombay)
• The Snake and the Sword (1923 US), reprint of 1914 text
• Beau Geste (1924 UK/1925 US)
• Beau Sabreur (1926 UK/US)
• Dew and Mildew: A Loose-Knit Tale of Hindustan (1927 US), reprint of 1912 text
• Beau Ideal (1928 UK/US)
• Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion (1929 UK/US)
• Soldiers of Misfortune: The Story of Otho Belleme (1929 UK/US)
• Mysterious Waye: The Story of "The Unsetting Sun" (1930 UK/US)
• The Mammon of Righteousness: The Story of Coxe and the Box (1930 UK/US)
• Valiant Dust (1932 UK/US)
• Action and Passion (1933 UK/US)
• Flawed Blades: Tales from the Foreign Legion (1933 UK/US)
• Beggars' Horses (1934 UK)
• Port o' Missing Men: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment (1934 UK/1943 US)
• Sinbad the Soldier (1935 UK/US)
• Explosion (1935 UK)
• Spanish Maine (1935 UK) Published as The Desert Heritage in US
• Fort in the Jungle: The Extraordinary Adventures of Sinbad Dysart in Tonkin (1936 UK/US)
• Bubble Reputation (1936 UK) Published as The Cortenay Treasure in US
• The Man of a Ghost (1937 UK) Published as The Spur of Pride in US
• Worth Wile (1937 UK) Published as To the Hilt in US
• Cardboard Castle (1938 UK/US)
• Rough Shooting: True Tales and Strange Stories (1938 UK/1944 US)
• Paper Prison (1939 UK) Published as The Man the Devil Didn't Want in US
• The Disappearance of General Jason (1940 UK)
• Two Feet from Heaven (1940 UK/1941 US)
• Odd - But Even So: Stories Stranger Than Fiction (1941 UK/1942 US)
• The Uniform of Glory (1941 UK)
• The Dark Woman (1943 US), reprint of 1934 UK text Beggar' Horses
• The Hunting of Henri (1944 UK), reprint of a short story
• Stories of the Foreign Legion (1947 UK),reprints of short stories
• Dead Men's Boots and Other Tales from the Foreign Legion (1949 UK), reprints of short stories

Revidirana izdanja

• The World of India, Adapted for Use in Indian Schools, edited by Wren (1905 Calcutta)
• Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, edited and simplified by Wren (1912 UK)
• Longman's Science Series for Indian High Schools, 11 volumes edited by Wren (1913–14 Bombay)
• SOWING GLORY The Memoirs of "Mary Ambree" an Englishwoman in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion (edited by Wren in 1931)
• Ernest F. Row's Work, Wealth, and Wages, revised by Wren (1950 Bombay)
• First Lessons in English Grammar (1961 Bombay)
• Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, edited and simplified by Wren (1963 Calcutta)

Vanjske veze

• Biography and bibliography
• Djela čiji je autor P. C. Wren na Projektu Gutenberg