The Silent House de Fergus Hume

The Silent House

Fergus Hume

1stworld Library

Lucian Denzil was a briefless barrister, who so far departed from the traditions of his brethren of the long robe as not to dwell within the purlieus of the Temple. For certain private reasons, not unconnected with economy, he occupied rooms in Geneva Squ

Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

	Preț	Express
Paperback (6)	63^.46 lei 3-5 săpt.
Mint Editions – mar 2021	63^.46 lei 3-5 săpt.
–	73^.87 lei 3-5 săpt.
CREATESPACE –	119^.13 lei 3-5 săpt.
1st World Library –	97^.91 lei 6-8 săpt.
–	175^.09 lei 6-8 săpt.
TREDITION CLASSICS – 31 ian 2012	186^.33 lei 6-8 săpt.
Hardback (2)	115^.02 lei 3-5 săpt.
Mint Editions – 9 mar 2021	115^.02 lei 3-5 săpt.
1st World Library –	192^.07 lei 6-8 săpt.

Notă biografică

Fergusson Wright Hume (1859 - 1932), known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist. Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbourne, Hume obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of the same kind. The result was The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne, with descriptions of poor urban life based on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. It was self-published in 1886 and became a great success. Because he sold the British and American rights for 50 pounds, however, he reaped little of the potential financial benefit. It became the best-selling mystery novel of the Victorian era; in 1990 John Sutherland called it the "most sensationally popular crime and detective novel of the century". This novel inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle remarked, "Hansom Cab was a slight tale, mostly sold by 'puffing'." After the success of his first novel and the publication of another, Professor Brankel's Secret (c.?1886), Hume returned to England in 1888. His third novel was titled Madame Midas and it was based on the life of the mine and newspaper owner Alice Ann Cornwell. This book became a play and her estranged husband, John Whiteman, sued over its content. Hume resided in London for a few years and then moved to the Essex countryside where he lived in Thundersley for 30 years. Eventually he produced more than 100 novels and short stories.