Down by the Sea is a 1956 novel by the British writer Walter Greenwood.[1] It is the final entry of a trilogy set in the fictional fishing port of Treeloe in Cornwall.[2] Durrall, the principal protagonist of the previous novel marries a woman and is able to prosper by opening his cottage as a tea house for tourists.

Down by the Sea
First edition
AuthorWalter Greenwood
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
1956
Media typePrint
Preceded byWhat Everybody Wants 

It was his penultimate published novel, followed by the Manchester-set Saturday Night at the Crown in 1959.

References edit

  1. ^ Woods p.149
  2. ^ Hopkins p.247

Bibliography edit

  • Hopkins, Chris. Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole: Novel, Play, Film. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • Woods, Tim. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge, 2008.