William Cooper was the pseudonym of H. S. Hoff (Harry Summerfield Hoff) — a British novelist and civil servant, best known for his realistic and semi-autobiographical fiction that helped pave the way for post-war English realism.
✅ Works Written by William Cooper:
Scenes from Provincial Life
This is one of Cooper's most famous novels, published in 1950.
It is a semi-autobiographical account that helped pioneer the "Angry Young Men" literary movement in Britain.
Scenes from Married Life
A sequel to Scenes from Provincial Life.
Continues the life of the protagonist, Joe Lunn.
Also written by William Cooper.
Memoirs of a New Man
Another novel by Cooper.
Part of his semi-autobiographical series of novels, dealing with social changes and individual experience.
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