Harilek: A Romance of Modern Central Asia

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1923
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Lost Nordic race influenced by Classical Greece in Central Asia. Mostly adventure and romance, but the society is morally better than contemporary society.  The continuation, Wrexham’s Romance being a continuation of “Harilek”. By Ganpat [pseud.].  London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1935, has more on the society. 

Published Date

1923

Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Place Published
Edinburgh, Scot.
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1923 [Gompertz, Martin Louis Alan] (1886-1951). Harilek: A Romance of Modern Central Asia. By Ganpat [pseud.]. Edinburgh, Scot.: William Blackwood and Sons. U.S. ed. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, 1923. L, Merril

A lost race novel about a Nordic race in Central Asia  that was influenced by Classical Greece. Mostly adventure and romance, but the society is morally better than contemporary society. The continuation, Wrexham’s Romance being a continuation of “Harilek”. By Ganpat [pseud.]. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935, has more on the society. The two novels are rpt. together in Adventures in Sakaeland Comprising Harilek and Wrexham’s Romance. New York: Arno Press, 1978. Separately paged. The English author was born in India.

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U.S. ed. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin, 1923. Rpt. in Adventures in Sakaeland Comprising Harilek and Wrexham's Romance (New York: Arno Press, 1978), separately paged.

Pseudonym

Ganpat [pseud.]

Author Note

The English author (1886-1951) was born in India

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