Author: Oswald Crawfurd
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331309768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from The Revelations of Inspector Morgan I was about to proceed to work my point further, in this introduction and dedication of my work to the American public, when it struck me that the business of a novelist is not to argue and to reason, and that he does wrong to encroach upon the province either of the preacher or the politician. If he have a point to make or doctrine to put forth, let him not depart from his own fictional modes of expression. In other words, if he has anything to say to the public let him not dully point a moral. Let him tell it in a Story. That is sound sense enough, and as I really have some thing more to say in disfavour of the ways of the amateur detective I propose to tell it in fiction form. Here is my story. It is told in the character of a worthy gentleman of the medical profession, by name Jobson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Revelations of Inspector Morgan (Classic Reprint)
Author: Oswald Crawfurd
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331309768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from The Revelations of Inspector Morgan I was about to proceed to work my point further, in this introduction and dedication of my work to the American public, when it struck me that the business of a novelist is not to argue and to reason, and that he does wrong to encroach upon the province either of the preacher or the politician. If he have a point to make or doctrine to put forth, let him not depart from his own fictional modes of expression. In other words, if he has anything to say to the public let him not dully point a moral. Let him tell it in a Story. That is sound sense enough, and as I really have some thing more to say in disfavour of the ways of the amateur detective I propose to tell it in fiction form. Here is my story. It is told in the character of a worthy gentleman of the medical profession, by name Jobson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331309768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from The Revelations of Inspector Morgan I was about to proceed to work my point further, in this introduction and dedication of my work to the American public, when it struck me that the business of a novelist is not to argue and to reason, and that he does wrong to encroach upon the province either of the preacher or the politician. If he have a point to make or doctrine to put forth, let him not depart from his own fictional modes of expression. In other words, if he has anything to say to the public let him not dully point a moral. Let him tell it in a Story. That is sound sense enough, and as I really have some thing more to say in disfavour of the ways of the amateur detective I propose to tell it in fiction form. Here is my story. It is told in the character of a worthy gentleman of the medical profession, by name Jobson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
The Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
The Great Detective
Author: Zach Dundas
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054422020X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
A rollicking look at popular culture’s most beloved sleuth: “For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating” (The Boston Globe). Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas set out to find the answer. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. In this “wonderful book” (Booklist, starred review), Dundas unearths the inspirations behind Holmes and his indispensable companion, Dr. John Watson; explores how they have been kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers; and visits locales—from the boozy annual New York City gathering of one of the world’s oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes fan societies; to a freezing Devon heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles; to sunny Pasadena, where Dundas chats with the creators of the smash BBC series Sherlock. Along the way, he discovers the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral—then, now, and as long as the game’s afoot.
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054422020X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
A rollicking look at popular culture’s most beloved sleuth: “For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating” (The Boston Globe). Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas set out to find the answer. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. In this “wonderful book” (Booklist, starred review), Dundas unearths the inspirations behind Holmes and his indispensable companion, Dr. John Watson; explores how they have been kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers; and visits locales—from the boozy annual New York City gathering of one of the world’s oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes fan societies; to a freezing Devon heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles; to sunny Pasadena, where Dundas chats with the creators of the smash BBC series Sherlock. Along the way, he discovers the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral—then, now, and as long as the game’s afoot.
UNTOLD
Author: Peter Jukes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911274605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911274605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue of Books, Standard and Holiday
Author: McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret)
Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250390974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When a man traveling abroad is murdered in his hotel room, Inspector Maigret must sift through the misdirection and betrayal to find the truth hidden beneath. A Monsieur Gallet has been found dead—murdered—in his hotel room, in a small town outside of Paris. In Georges Simenon’s The Late Monsieur Gallet, Inspector Maigret sets off to figure out the course of events that led to this grim outcome. But as he delves deeper, the circumstances of the crime become increasingly intriguing: Gallet’s alias, his sickly pallor, his claimed profession, his wife’s and son’s strangely indifferent behavior in the wake of Gallet’s death. Using all his wits and intuition, Maigret must look beyond not-so-random coincidences and layers of deception to uncover the truth of the crime.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1250390974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When a man traveling abroad is murdered in his hotel room, Inspector Maigret must sift through the misdirection and betrayal to find the truth hidden beneath. A Monsieur Gallet has been found dead—murdered—in his hotel room, in a small town outside of Paris. In Georges Simenon’s The Late Monsieur Gallet, Inspector Maigret sets off to figure out the course of events that led to this grim outcome. But as he delves deeper, the circumstances of the crime become increasingly intriguing: Gallet’s alias, his sickly pallor, his claimed profession, his wife’s and son’s strangely indifferent behavior in the wake of Gallet’s death. Using all his wits and intuition, Maigret must look beyond not-so-random coincidences and layers of deception to uncover the truth of the crime.
The Clique
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Alexander Hamilton
Author: Henry Cabot Lodge
Publisher: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Barney's Version
Author: Mordecai Richler
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307813479
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. Told in the first person, it gives us the life (and what a life!) of Barney Panofsky--whose trashy TV company, Totally Useless Productions, has made him a small fortune; whose three wives include a martyred feminist icon, a quintessential JCP (Jewish-Canadian Princess), and the incomparable Miriam, the perfect wife, lover, and mother--alas, now married to another man; who recalls with nostalgia and pain his young manhood in the Paris of the early fifties, and his lifelong passion for wine, women, and the Montreal Canadiens; who either did or didn't murder his best friend, Boogie, after discovering him in bed with The Second Mrs. Panofsky; whose satirical eye for the idiocies of today's Quebec separatists (as well as for every other kind of political correctness) manages to offend his entire acquaintanceship (and will soon be offending readers everywhere); and whose memory--though not his bile--is, in his sixty-seventh year, definitely slipping . . .
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307813479
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a major Richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. Told in the first person, it gives us the life (and what a life!) of Barney Panofsky--whose trashy TV company, Totally Useless Productions, has made him a small fortune; whose three wives include a martyred feminist icon, a quintessential JCP (Jewish-Canadian Princess), and the incomparable Miriam, the perfect wife, lover, and mother--alas, now married to another man; who recalls with nostalgia and pain his young manhood in the Paris of the early fifties, and his lifelong passion for wine, women, and the Montreal Canadiens; who either did or didn't murder his best friend, Boogie, after discovering him in bed with The Second Mrs. Panofsky; whose satirical eye for the idiocies of today's Quebec separatists (as well as for every other kind of political correctness) manages to offend his entire acquaintanceship (and will soon be offending readers everywhere); and whose memory--though not his bile--is, in his sixty-seventh year, definitely slipping . . .