the boats of the glen carrig by william hope hodgson

However, this business proved too seasonal to earn a steady income and he was forced to shut it down. Hodgson’s School of Physical Culture in Blackburn. This exercise regime eventually became a business for the young Hodgson, when in 1899 he opened W. This led him to embark on a program of personal training so as to be able to defend himself from would-be aggressors. Upon completing his apprenticeship, he moved to Liverpool to study for two years for his Mate’s certificate before returning to life as a sailor.ĭuring his time at sea, Hodgson was the victim of bullying. His father died shortly after he left, leaving the family in poverty and reliant on charity. However, his father agreed to him undertaking a four-year apprenticeship as a cabin boy which Hodgson began in 1891. His attempt failed and he was caught and returned to his family. At the age of thirteen Hodgson ran away from his boarding school in an attempt to become a sailor. This location later featured in his second novel The House on the Borderland (1908). Three of his siblings died in infancy leading to the theme of child death appearing in several of his short stories, including The Valley of the Lost Children and The Sea-Horses.Īs a child, Hodgson’s family moved frequently due to his father’s occupation, including a time spent in County Galway, Ireland.

He was one of twelve children by Samuel Hodgson, an Anglican priest, and his wife, Lissie Sarah Brown. William Hope Hodgson was born on 15th November 1877, in Blackmore End, Essex, England. The soul-light of thy face is pure as prayer. Of evening light, when winds scarce stir, Hast scarcely lost its deep old glorious dark: The express permission of the publisher in writingīritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataĪ catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Contents As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript. Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward.

The boats of the glen carrig by william hope hodgson