Download or read book Long Before Forty written by C. S. Forester and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-06T15:05:00Z with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before C.S. Forester achieved literary success with his famous saga of Captain Horatio Hornblower and the great romantic novels such as “The Africa Queen”, he had a difficult time making his start as an author. Long Before Forty is the account of his lonely struggle to learn how to write. The concluding section, “Some Personal Notes,” is a memoir of his creation of the famous Captain Hornblower!