them are vile without any pressure at all". His unashamed credo was "a robust eighteenth-century paganism ... allied to a deep contempt for the egalitarian code of post-war England". List of works Novels Early novels Note: His first novel, An Inch of Fortune, written circa 1951, was not published until 1980 Alms for Oblivion series The 10 novels cover the period 1945 to 1973 and centre on a group of upper and upper middle class characters, forming a novel sequence, if a somewhat loosely structured one. The early novels are robust satires of the English upper set of the mid-1950s, but the later tend to a more detached and philosophical tone, becoming concerned with the occult and supernatural, and including strange happenings. The First-Born of Egypt series This sequence is a continuation of Alms for Oblivion, with many of the same characters, but with storylines tending to centre on the "next generation" and the introduction of darker, mystic themes. These books were written strictly for money, and received little critical acclaim, but Raven had fun killing off many of the survivors from the earlier sequence, usually in absurd and/or humiliating circumstances. Other novels Essays, reminiscences and polemics Note: The English Gentleman was also published as The Decline of the Gentleman Other writings (this table is not necessarily complete) {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="400"|Title ! width="150"|Publisher ! width="50"|Year |- |Introduction to The Best of Gerald Kersh | Heinemann |1960 |- |Chriseis (Short Story) | No details |1960 |- |Contribution to The Vampire' (Anthology ed. Riva & Volta) | Macmillan |1963 |- |Introductions to Trollope's "Palliser" novels| Panther Books |1973 |- |The Islands of Sorrow (short stories) | The Winged Lion |1994 |- |Contribution to The Vampire Omnibus ed. Peter Haining | Orion Paperbacks |1995 |- |Remember Your Grammar and Other Haunted Stories (short stories) | The Winged Lion |1997 |- |The World of Simon Raven (collected journalism) | Prion Humour Classics |2002 |} He also wrote features and articles for: The Listener; Encounter; London Magazine; Spectator; New Statesman and other magazines and journals Plays, screenplays, TV and film adaptations Selected playsRoyal Foundation and Other Plays, Anthony Blond 1966 Selected screenplays, TV and film adaptations Note: The US title for Incense of the Damned was: "Bloodsuckers"References Further reading Michael Barber: The Captain: The Life and Times of Simon Raven, London : Duckbacks, 2001, Sources Brooke Allen: "Who Was Simon Raven?": The New