Gentleman and Ladies is a novel by English author Susan Hill, published in 1968, runner-up for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

[1] It is notable in exploring themes of death, mental health, and elderly well-being, despite Hill's relative youth at the time of writing.

A stranger appears at the funeral of Faith Lavender, holding stolen snowdrops.

Faith's two sisters and neighbours are perplexed by the man, and soon 'undercurrents of fierce emotion, that until now have been suppressed, reach the surface while the tensions rise'.

Bits and pieces of life among these English senior citizens are sharply illuminated, but the book as a whole has the texture of a soap opera".