Arthur Quiller-Couch
British writer and literary critic
- Lived
- 1863–1944
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Also writes as
- Q
Updated September 2026
Free to read
All free classicsMajor Vigoureux
Charles Dickens and other Victorians
On the Art of Writing
The sleeping beauty and other fairy tales from the old French
On The Art of Reading
Adventures in Criticism
Sir John Constantine
The Splendid Spur
From a Cornish Window
Wandering Heath
Dead Man's Rock
The Astonishing History of Troy Town
Brother Copas
The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q"
About Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a British writer and literary critic who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy.
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