 Walpole 's output was large and varied . Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty @-@ six novels , five volumes of short stories , two original plays and three volumes of memoirs . His range included disturbing studies of the macabre , children 's stories and historical fiction , most notably his Herries Chronicle series , set in the Lake District . He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro @-@ Goldwyn @-@ Mayer films in the 1930s , and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield . 
 Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>output was large and varied . Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty @-@ six novels , five volumes of short stories , two original plays and three volumes of memoirs . His range included disturbing studies of the macabre , children <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>stories and historical fiction , most notably his Herries Chronicle series , set in the Lake District . He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro @-@ Goldwyn @-@ Mayer <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>films</mark></a> in the 1930s , and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield . 
Walpole  output was bigass and varied . Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty @-@ six novels , five volumes of short stories , 2 original plays and three volumes of memoirs . His range included disturbing studies of the macabre , children  stories and historical fiction , most notably his Herries Chronicle series , set in da Lake District . He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios fir two Metro @-@ Goldwyn @-@ Mayer film in the 1930s , and played a cameo in tda1935 version of David Copperfield .