Perceval Gibbon

Perceval Gibbon (4 November 1879 – 30 May 1926) was an author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best of which often contained an ironic twist at the end.

He was born in Trelech, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and was educated in the Moravian School, in Koenigsfeld of Baden, Germany. Gibbon worked as a merchant mariner, travelling in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Perceval Gibbon was a friend to the writer Joseph Conrad, and dedicated his book "Flower o' the Peach" to Joseph Conrad and Jessie Conrad.

Gibbon's early works were influenced by his extensive travels throughout Europe, America, and Africa.

During World War I he was a war correspondent with the Italian Army from 1917 to 1918. In 1918–1919, Perceval Gibbon was a Major in the British Royal Marines.

In 2007 the work Margaret Harding was adapted into a screenplay by Meg Rickards who directed the mini-series and the made-for-TV feature film for SABC.

Selected works

• African Items, 1903 (verse)
• Souls In Bondage, 1904 (novel)
• Salvator, 1905 (novel)
• Vrouw Grobelaar's Leading Cases, 1905 (stories)
• Flower o' the Peach, 1911 (stories)
• The Adventures Of Miss Gregory, 1911 (stories)
• Margaret Harding, 1912 (novel), adapted into television series, Land of Thirst in 2008.
• The Triumph of the Royal Navy: Official Record of the Surrender of the German Fleet, 1918, Hodder & Stoughton, 48pp.
• The Second Class Passenger by Perceval Gibbon at Project Gutenberg
• Those Who Smiled by Perceval Gibbon at Project Gutenberg
• The Dark Places, 1926 (stories)

External links

• Perceval Gibbon Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
• Film based on "Margaret Harding"
• Film based on "Margaret Harding"
• Works by Perceval Gibbon at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Perceval Gibbon at the Internet Archive
• Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon at manybooks.net
• 1949 American radio play production of Gibbon's "The Second Class Passenger". Adapted from the 1913 short story.