The Garden

by L.A.G. Strong

The Garden is set in Dublin in the early years of the twentieth century.Dermot, whose family has settled in England, returns for his summers from English Public School to visit his Grandfather, and develops affection for the city. During the course of the novel, war breaks out, bringing an end to the Edwardian summer for a whole generation...

351 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1931

About the author

Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 – 17 August 1958) was a highly popular English novelist, critic, historian and poet, and published under the name "L. A. G. Strong." He served as a director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958.

Strong was a versatile and prolific writer of more than 20 novels, as well as of short stories, plays, children's books, poems, biography, criticism, and film scripts.