The Hills of Hate
| Author | E. V. Timms |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Cornstalk Publishing |
Publication date | 1925 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 211 pp. |
| Preceded by | – |
| Followed by | The Valley of Adventure |
The Hills of Hate is a 1925 novel by the Australian author E. V. Timms.[1] It was the author's debut novel.
The first edition of the novel included illustrations by Percy Lindsay.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]Two families of station-holders in Queensland, the Blakes and the Ridgeways, become estranged when sons of both families fall in love with the same woman.
Publishing history
[edit]After its initial publication in Australia by Cornstalk Publishing in 1925,[1] it was serialised in The World's News between October 1927 and January 1928, and then reprinted in 1936 by Australian Consolidated Press[3] in a revised version.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]A reviewer in The Sun (Sydney) noted that the novel showed promise: "Further, may he be commended for a fertile imagination, a sense of dramatic effect, and a virile, human touch...Lack of cunning is its chief fault. Sometimes one gains the impression of a wandering spotlight and the fruity tones of melodrama, but the story is there. It holds a promise of better work to follow."[4]
In The Age a critic thought more of the book: "It is a tale of the sensational type, but it is well conceived and admirably written...Events fairly race through the pages, and the interest never slackens."[5]
Film adaptation
[edit]The novel was adapted as a film titled Hills of Hate in 1926, directed by Raymond Longford with a screenplay by E. V. Timms.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Hills of Hate by E. V. Timms (Cornstalk, 1925)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Austlit — The Hills of Hate by E. V. Timms". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "The Hills of Hate by E. V. Timms (Australian Consolidated Press, 1936)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ ""Australia's Wild West"". Sun. The Sun, 30 August 1925, p18. 30 August 1925. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ ""Recent Fiction"". Age. The Age, 12 September 1925, p4. 12 September 1925. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Hills of Hate (1926)". IDMB. Retrieved 11 June 2024.