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(3.83) | Ingen | Davis (More Deadly Than the Male, editor) makes a welcome addition to early English detective fiction anthologies. Unlike scholars who date the birth of the genre to Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Davis starts with an earlier short story, "The Secret Cell" by Poe's nemesis, William Evans Burton. That tale remains enjoyable today, with its dramatic account of the search for a missing 17-year-old servant, who stood to inherit a fortune from her employer. Other solid entries will also be new to many, such as an excerpt from the pseudonymous Charles Felix's The Notting Hill Mystery, an epistolary novel about a woman who supposedly drank a fatal dose of acid while sleepwalking. Davis's decision to excerpt novels doesn't always work: The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Phantom of the Opera creator Gaston Leroux doesn't deserve to be spoiled by a section from its denouement.… (mere) |
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▾Offentliggjorte anmeldelser » Tilføj andre forfattere Forfatter navn | Rolle | Hvilken slags forfatter | Værk? | Status | Davis, Graeme | Redaktør | primær forfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Baroness Orczy | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Braddon, Mary Elizabeth | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Bramah, Ernest | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Burton, William Evans | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Collins, Wilkie | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Dickens, Charles | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Felix, Charles | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Freeman, R. Austin | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Futrelle, Jacques | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Gaboriau, Émile | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Hornung, E.W. | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Klinger, Leslie S. | Forord | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | le Queux, William | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Leblanc, Maurice | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Leroux, Gaston | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Morrison, Arthur | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Poe, Edgar Allan | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Reeve, Arthur B. | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. Introduction: As the early years of detective fiction gave way to two separate golden ages -- of hard-boiled tales in America and intricately plotted, so-called "cosy" murders in Britain -- the legacy of Sherlock Holmes, with his fierce devotion to science and logic, gave way to street smarts on the one hand and social insight on the other -- but even though these new sub-genres went their own ways, their detectives still required the intelligence and clear-sightedness that characterized the earliest works of detective fiction: the trademarks of Sherlock Holmes, and of all the detectives featured in these pages. (Klik for at vise Advarsel: Kan indeholde afsløringer.) | |
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▾Referencer Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder. Wikipedia på engelskIngen ▾Bogbeskrivelser Davis (More Deadly Than the Male, editor) makes a welcome addition to early English detective fiction anthologies. Unlike scholars who date the birth of the genre to Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Davis starts with an earlier short story, "The Secret Cell" by Poe's nemesis, William Evans Burton. That tale remains enjoyable today, with its dramatic account of the search for a missing 17-year-old servant, who stood to inherit a fortune from her employer. Other solid entries will also be new to many, such as an excerpt from the pseudonymous Charles Felix's The Notting Hill Mystery, an epistolary novel about a woman who supposedly drank a fatal dose of acid while sleepwalking. Davis's decision to excerpt novels doesn't always work: The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Phantom of the Opera creator Gaston Leroux doesn't deserve to be spoiled by a section from its denouement. ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold
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