The Life of Graham Greene (1904-1939)
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Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, which granted me a fellowship in 1982–3 allowing me to begin the book’s first draft. Two institutions in particular are holders of Greene research and Manuscript material essential to a biographer; Boston College Library in Boston and Georgetown University Library in Washington. This last institution, through the prodigious efforts of the librarian, Joseph Jeffs, now has an unrivalled collection of Greene material. All deserve my deepest thanks.
Norman Sherry
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
1989
Index
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Abyssinia, 510, 594
Across the Border [unfinished novel] (Greene), 494, 495–6; Charles Greene and, 499
‘Across the Border’ [story] (Greene), 670
Acton, Harold, 119, 121, 125; BBC airing, 148; on Greene’s literary taste, 128–9; on Greene & suicide, 159; gives Greene bad review, 168–70
Africa Dances (Gorer), 571
‘All But Empty’ [story], 415
Allen, Walter, 305, 616, 654
Ambler, Eric, 415
Amedoo, 518, 538–9, 561
Anderson, George, 287, 377
Anthony Sant [unpublished] (Greene): sources of writing, 72, 76–7, 83–4, 84; writing of & rejection of, 165–6, 314
Anti-Slavery Society, 511; Greene lectures to, 569–70
‘Après Vous’ [poem] (Greene), 127
Arlen, Michael, 368
Arnold, E. T., 45
Arrow of Gold (Conrad), 315, 381
Asiatic Petroleum Company, 167, 171
Asquith, Herbert, 119
Atkins, John, 624
Auden, W. H., 65, 484, 611
Babbling April [collection]: acceptance, 164–5; publication, 167–8; poor sales, 170–1
Balchin, Nigel, 617
Baldwin, Stanley, 296, 297
Ballantyne, Robert M., Coral Island, 15–16
Balliol, see Oxford
Balsdon, Dacre, 120
Barclay, President of Liberia, 532–3, 570
Baring, Maurice, 368
Barrie, J. M., 31, 151
The Basement Room [collection], 577, 578
‘The Basement Room’ [story] (Greene), 12, 571, 574, 583; runaway experience, 88
Bates, H. E., 423; on Wilson Harris, 448–9
Baudelaire, Charles, 646
Bax, Clifford, 166
Beachcroft, T. O., 616
‘The Bear Fell Free’ [story] (Greene), 571, 572
Beeton, Sarah, satirical poem on, 115
Bell, Adrian, Corduroy, 387
Bell, Kenneth: flogged by Dr Fry, 51; Greene on, 222–3; helps Greene look for work, 166, 250, 283; on drinking like gentlemen, 129, 130; worried about Greene & suicide, 158
Belloc, Hilaire, 119
Belloc Lowndes, Marie A., 142, 368, 478–9
Benito, see Finberg, Herbert
Bennett, Arnold, 297
Benson, Theodora, 606, 623
Beresford, J. D., 98, 104; The Camberwell Miracle, 412
Berkhamsted (town), Greene’s recollections of, 25–7
Berkhamsted School, xiv, 3, 5; under Chas. Greene, 38–40; effect of First War, 41, 53–4, 56–60; Armistice Day uprising, 60–2; Greene attends, 7, 16; Greene unhappy at, 65–72; Greene returns to, 110–116; Greene’s bitterness towards, 88–9, 493, 498; old boys recall Greene, 90; Charles Greene retires from, 345–6; Hands’s scandal, 502; source for England Made Me, 43, 491; source for The Power and the Glory, 696. See also Fry, Dr Thomas; The Old School
Berners, Capt. H. H., 56
Bernstorff, Count von, 136, 139, 250
betrayal, 71–2, 77, 82–3, 723; The Power and the Glory, 717–18
Betts, P. Y., 617–18
Blackwell, Basil: Oxford Outlook and, 145, 146; loses on Babbling April, 170; starts Greene on novels, 164–6; cuts pay, 302; recalls young Vivien, 182; Vivien confides in, 273–4, 348
Blériot, Louis, 31
Blood-Drenched Altars (Kelley), 704
Blunden, Edmund, 416–17, 486; Book Society and, 431, 432; Undertones of War, 56
Blue Book, The, 667
Boden, F. C., 386
Bolitho, William, 132
Bolshevism, Charles Greene preaches against, 61–2
Book Society, takes Stamboul Train, 430–3
Borden, Mary, 451
Bowen, Elizabeth, 617, 689
Bowra, Maurice, on homosexuality, 119–20
Bradbrook, Muriel, 442
Braine-Hartnell, Arthur, 332–3
Brecht, Bertolt, 388
The Bride of Frankenstein (film), 588
Brighton (town), 13, 77, 163, 327, 477; map, 632
Brighton Rock (Greene): character models, 634–8, 643–4; Greene’s experiences, 13, 77, 163, 327, 477; low life research, 627–34; Nottingham sources, 240–1; religious theme, 639–42, 644–9, 718; sexuality, 642–3, 646; social issues, 638–9, 642; writing of, 606, 649–50, 655
Brighton Rock (film), 603
British American Tobacco Company: offers Greene China, 194–5, 373; Greene wavers, 194–5, 204–8; Greene resigns, 206–7, 209–10
British Broadcasting Company: invites Oxford poets, 147–50; Hugh works for, 32–3; Greene hears in Mexico, 693
Brooke, Rupert, 289, 312–13
Brown, T. E., 129
Browne, Sir Thomas, 375
‘The Burden of Childhood’ [story] (Greene), 66–7
Burns, Tom, 658, 663
Buxton, C. H., 511
Calder-Marshall, Arthur, 605, 617; on Brighton Rock, 636–7, 639; encounters Greene in NY, 662, 698
The Camberwell Miracle (Beresford), 412
Camden, William, 648
Camus, Albert, 531
Cancuc, 691–2
Cardenas, Lazaro, President of Mexico, 670
Carlyle, Thomas, Life of John Sterling, 315
Carr. E. H., 335
Carrol, Madeline, 589
Carter, Lionel A.: Greene’s evil model, 74–81, 89, 157, 696, 723; Wheeler betrays Greene to, 83–4; Brighton Rock and, 637, 643–4
‘Castles in the Air’ [story] (Greene), 113
Castro, Fidel, xvii
Catholicism: Greene’s conversion to, 192, 223, 254–64; Greene disappointed with priest’s advice, 333–5; Mexican persecution of, 671, 679–80, 681, 694, 704–6, 709–12; Spanish Civil War and, 611, 655–6; The Power and the Glory, 695–6, 698–700; Vivien and, 183, 188–9
Cavafy, Constantine, 147
Cavalcanti, Alberto, 599
Cavender, Leslie, 365
Cedillo, General, 670
celibate marriage offer, 200–3, 212
Céline, Louis F., 564
Chamberlain, Neville, 660
‘A Chance for Mr Lever’ [story] (Greene), 543, 577
Chaplin, Charles, 414
Chatterton, Thomas, 474
Chatto & Windus (publishers), 490–1, 608
Chekov, Anton, 452–3, 596
The Cherwell (magazine), 126, 127; Acton vs Greene, 168–70
Chesterman, Hugh, 270, 271–2, 274
Chesterton, G. K., 421
Cheyney, Peter, 616
Chipping Campden, 388–406, 478
Christie, Father, advises Greene, 333–5
Churchill, Winston, 298, 659
cinema: Charles Greene disillusioned by, 26; comfort in Nottingham, 243–4; the newlyweds fond of, 360–1; influence on Greene’s writing, 414–16; Greene reviews, 361, 587–96; Greene’s essay on, 596; Hugh Greene and, 486; Greene and Shirley Temple, 619–24
class: Greene’s attitudes, 266; Marion Greene’s attitudes, 132
Cloud, Yvonne, Mediterranean Blues, 412
Cockburn, Claud, 110; on Charles Greene, 40, 41,
42, 59, 62, 63; Armistice Day uprising, 60–2; Oxford companion, 115, 119, 121; on drinking at Oxford, 130; on Greene’s Russian roulette, 156, 159; tours with Greene & barrel organ, 123–4; German espionage with Greene, 136–8, 140; inadvertently talks Greene into Church, 192–3, 255; joins Communist Party, 161; General Strike and, 299; Shake Hands with the Devil, 453; prevents Hemingway from shooting Herbert Greene, 613, 614–15
code, secret, 284–6
Cole, G. D. H., The Intelligent Man’s Guide through World Chaos, 410, 433
Collins, Norman, The Facts of Fiction, 411–12
The Comedians (Greene), 416
Communist Party, Greene joins, 161
The Coming Struggle for Power (Strachey), 410
‘The Coming’ [poem] (Greene), 143–4
The Confidential Agent (Greene), childhood pet, 8–9
Conner, Rearden, see Cockburn, Claud
Conrad, Joseph, xiii–xiv, 626; influence on Greene, 6, 411, 457, 563; Arrow of Gold, 315, 381; Heart of Darkness, 421; The Secret Agent, 457, 607; wife’s biography of, 419, 576
Constantinople (Dwight), 422
Corduroy (Bell), 387
Cortez, Richard, 243
Coward, Noël, 313
The Craft of Fiction (Lubbock), 315
Cranston, Grace, 365
‘The Creation of Beauty’ [story] (Greene), 101–2
cremation, 476–7, 640
Crome Yellow (Huxley), 417–18
Cronin, A. J., 453
Crowley, Aleister, 122–3
Cumberland, Gerald, 166
Cunningham, Valentine, 611
Cunninghame Graham, R. B., 368, 485
Daily News, Greene rejects, 282–3
Daily Telegraph, Greene rejects, 282–3
Dane, Clemence, 142, 382, 431, 595; tries to help The Name of Action, 383
Darley, George, 307–8
Davidson, John, 308
Davies, Langdon, 608
Davis, Col T. Elwood, 511, 551–3, 570
Dawson, Geoffrey, 171–2, 283, 287, 378
Day Lewis, Cecil, 611
Dayrell-Browning, Marion (mother-in-law), 182–3, 212, 227–8; sex fears and, 343, 355; illness & death, 474–7
Dayrell-Browning, Vivien (later Mrs Greene): meets Greene, 179–81; Greene pursues, 181–6; rejects Greene’s proposal, 187–93; tries to end romance, 195–8; celibate marriage interests, 202–3; holds back, 211–12, 289–94; engagement to Greene, 227–30; reaction to Greene’s conversion, 256; Chesterman and, 270, 271–2; Grisewood and, 272–3; reluctance about sex, 292–3, 342–3; Greene’s suspected epilepsy, 331–2; marries Greene, 347–55; source for The Man Within, 371–5; The Little Wings, 182–3. See also Greene, Vivien
de la Mare, Walter, 104–5, 110, 337
Dean, Basil, 586, 599, 602–3, 604
‘Death and Cosmetics’ [poem] (Greene), 158
Deeping, Warwick, 453
Defeat (Moss), 135
Dennis, Nigel, 446–7
Denny, S. R., 16, 45; on Marion Greene, 47
‘The Destructors’ [story], 569
detective stories, Greene writes, 339
Dickens, Charles, 67, 91; Priestley defends honour, 435
Dietrich, Marlene, 589
Donne, John, 337; ‘Extasie’, 292–3
Dos Passos, John, Orient Express, 422
Dostoievsky, Fyodor, 329–30
drama, Greene’s interest in writing, 111–13, 127–8, 339
dreams, decoding, 95, 96–8, 110; precognitive, 106
Durrell, Lawrence, 359
Dwight, H. G., Constantinople, 422
Eliot, T. S., 109, 576; on Good & Evil, 646
Empson, William, 616
The End of the Affair (Greene), 477
‘End of the Party’ [story] (Greene), 15, 277, 386–7; betrayal theme, 71–2
England Made Me (Greene): Herbert Greene and, 69, 493–6; childhood betrayal and, 77, 84; Greene’s father and, 499; public schools and, 43, 491–4; not successful, 577–8; sources of, 477, 488, 500–3
Englishmen in Africa, 519, 539–40, 542–3, 550, 558–9
Epic of Hades (Lewis), 82
epilepsy, Greene and, 329–35
The Episode [unpublished] (Greene): Vivien’s rejection in, 269–70; writing of, 203, 213, 231, 309–10, 314–16; failure of, 338
escape, Greene’s need to, 373
espionage: Greene goes to Germany, 135–40; Greene’s attitude towards, 132, 330
Evans, Charles, 316, 370–1; buys The Man Within, 364–6; Greene’s ‘great scheme’, 377; buys The Name of Action, 383; likes Stamboul Train, 426; in Priestley libel affair, 435; attitude towards book reviews, 486; supports Liberian trip, 510
Faber, Geoffrey, 315
The Facts of Fiction (Collins), 411–12
Fairbanks, Douglas, 243
Falaise, Marquis de la, 594–5
Fallada, Hans, 468
The Fallen Idol (film), 574–5, 603
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall (Hardy), 144
Fanatic Arabia [unfinished novel] (Green), 361–4, 584
Faraway (Priestley), 434
Finberg, Herbert, 404, 425, 435
Fire over England (film), 595
FitzGerald, Frances, 133
Flaherty, Robert, 594
Fleming, Peter, 565, 615; invites Greene to Spectator, 447
The Fog Spider (Macleod), 128
Ford, Ford Madox, 479, 576
Franco, Francisco, 611–12
Franklin, Olga, 33, 496
French, Philip, 588
Frere-Reeves, A. S., 430, 431, 516
Freud, Sigmund, 95, 110
Fry, Dr Thomas Charles, 4, 257–8; Berkhamsted headmaster, 24, 38, 40, 89; appearance & character, 49–51
Fry, Julia, 38, 51
Furlong, Monica, 653
Gabbitas & Thring, send Greene to Ashover, 213
Galsworthy, John, 602, 603; on banning aircraft, 122
‘The Gamble’ [poem] (Greene), 156–7
gangsters, mummified, 666–7
Garbo, Greta, 588–9
Garrido Canabal, Tomas, 705–7, 711–12
George V, 399, 573, 582
Germany, Greene’s espionage for, 135–40
Gibbs, Sir Philip, 297
Gibson, Wilfred, 361–2
Glasgow Herald, Greene reviews for, 313, 321
Glendinning, Victoria, 622
Golding, Louis, 485
golf, Greene’s attempt, 121
The Good Earth (film), 593
Good-bye to All That (Graves), 492
Gorer, Africa Dances, 571
Gorham, Maurice, 246
Gould, Gerald, 441–2
Granville-Barker, Harley, 127
Graves, Robert, Good-bye to All That, 492
Green, Julian, The Strange River, 455
The Green Cockatoo (film), 599
Greenall, Nellie, 400, 425, 462
Greene, Audrey (sister-in-law), 500
Greene, Ave (cousin): analysis, 95–6, 98; admired by cousins, 177–8; chastised by Marion Greene, 132; on Greene in love, 185
Greene, Barbara (later Countess Strachwitz), 28, 66; agrees to Liberian adventure, 509–10; as travelling companion, 513; could no longer see villages, 523–4; to Bolahun, 520–30; on Liberian villages, 537–8; gets lost in forest, 544; nurses Greene in Liberia, 554–5; end of journey, 560–2
Greene, Benjamin (cousin), 48, 76; on Charles Greene, 39, 43, 45–6; on Berkhamsted, 44; on Greene’s change, 109; unscarred by school, 65–6; on Vivien, 185, 359
Greene, Charles Henry (father): background & character, 3, 30, 37–40; love for Marion, 46; as headmaster, 24, 40–4; cinema disillusions, 26; First World War and, 53, 57, 59–60, 62–4; Armistice Day uprising, 60–2; canes Greene for truancy, 56; Greene’s breakdown and, 88–9, 91, 103; worries about Greene becoming a spy, 139; reaction to Greene’s conversion, 261; retires from Berkhamsted, 345–6; old age, 498–9
Greene, Charlotte (sister-in
-law), 472
Greene, Edward (uncle), 6, 28, 44, 167, 351; helps Herbert, 496; on The Man Within, 371
Greene, Edward (great-uncle), 4
Greene, Elisabeth (sister), xiv, 19, 28, 60, 91; on Marion Greene, 48; recalls Greene’s wedding, 353–4
Greene, Eva (aunt), 21, 28, 66
Greene, Felix (cousin), 463; on Herbert Greene, 496, 500
Greene, Francis (son), 608
Greene, Frank (uncle), inconvenient death, 268
Greene, (Henry) Graham: birth, 3–5; ancestors, 4–5, 37–8; mother and, 35–6; brothers & sisters, 10, 13–14, 19, 28–30; aunts, uncles & cousins, 4, 16, 20–1, 22–3, 27–9; early childhood, 5–15; prep school, 16; childhood reading, 15–16, 17–18; childhood character, 10–15, 19–23, 30; sees plane crash, 31; hated to be kissed, 32–3; green baize door, 33–4; First World War and, 52–3, 62; physical awkwardness, 54–6, 58, 70; in junior school, 54–6; unhappiness at school, 65–72; childhood illness, 66; trinity of tormentors, 72–81; first stories, 80–1; breakdown & suicide attempt, 85–91
to Kenneth Richmond for analysis, 92–3, 95–6, 96–8; recovers from breakdown, 98–9; admires ballet student, 101–2; dreams about Zoe Richmond, 102; first story sale, 103–4; ‘epilepsy’, 105; spiritualist powers, 105–6; bitterness towards Berkhamsted, 107–8; change after analysis, 109–16; happier at school, 110–16; publishes in Berkhamstedian, 113–14, 115; life at Oxford (Balliol), 199–231; tours with Cockburn & barrel organ, 123–4, 133; literary taste at Oxford, 128–9; to Ireland, 134; espionage for Germany, 135–40; befriends Edith Sitwell, 141–2; edits Oxford Outlook, 142–7; befriends Clemence Dane, 142; BBC airing, 148