author
Arthur Quiller-Couch
1863–1944
Best known by the pen name “Q,” this Cornish writer helped shape generations of readers through his fiction, criticism, and classic poetry anthologies. His work ranges from lively adventure stories to influential reflections on how literature should be read and enjoyed.
43 Audiobooks
True Tilda
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The sleeping beauty and other fairy tales from the old French
by Arthur Quiller-Couch, Charles Perrault, dame de Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon Villeneuve
The Adventures of Harry Revel
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q"
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Corporal Sam and Other Stories
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Shining Ferry
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Westcotes
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Blue Pavilions
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Green Bays. Verses and Parodies
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Splendid Spur Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Delectable Duchy
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Nicky-Nan, Reservist
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Charles Dickens and other Victorians
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Brother Copas
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Hocken and Hunken A Tale of Troy
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Poison Island
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Wandering Heath
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
From a Cornish Window A New Edition
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
News from the Duchy
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Major Vigoureux
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Dead Man's Rock
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Poetry
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Merry-Garden and Other Stories
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
On The Art of Reading
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Warwickshire Avon
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Astonishing History of Troy Town
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Mayor of Troy
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Ship of Stars
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Shakespeare's Christmas, and other stories
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Roll-Call Of The Reef
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Hetty Wesley
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Fort Amity
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Adventures in Criticism
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts: A Book of Stories
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
Foe-Farrell
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
About the author
Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, in 1863, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch became one of the best-known literary figures of his day. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, and wrote under the pen name “Q,” a signature that became almost as famous as his full name.
Although he published novels, stories, poems, and essays, he is especially remembered for editing The Oxford Book of English Verse and The Oxford Book of Ballads. He also served as King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge, where his lectures and criticism helped shape popular ideas about style, reading, and literary taste.
Quiller-Couch’s writing often carries a strong sense of place, especially Cornwall, and a love of storytelling that keeps his work approachable even now. He died in 1944, but he remains an important bridge between the world of Victorian fiction and the modern study of English literature.