The Jade Eye (1903) - Hume, Fergus
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The Jade Eye is a mystery novel written by Fergus Hume and first published in 1903. The story is set in London and revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a valuable jade idol, known as the Jade Eye, from the home of a wealthy collector. The protagonist of the novel is a young lawyer named Jack Glover, who is hired by the collector to investigate the theft and recover the idol. As Glover delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of deceit and intrigue, involving a cast of colorful characters, including a beautiful thief, a cunning detective, and a wealthy art dealer with a dark…mehr

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The Jade Eye is a mystery novel written by Fergus Hume and first published in 1903. The story is set in London and revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a valuable jade idol, known as the Jade Eye, from the home of a wealthy collector. The protagonist of the novel is a young lawyer named Jack Glover, who is hired by the collector to investigate the theft and recover the idol. As Glover delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of deceit and intrigue, involving a cast of colorful characters, including a beautiful thief, a cunning detective, and a wealthy art dealer with a dark secret. The novel is filled with twists and turns, as Glover races against time to solve the mystery and recover the Jade Eye before it falls into the wrong hands. With its vivid descriptions of turn-of-the-century London and its engaging plot, The Jade Eye is a classic of the mystery genre and a must-read for fans of detective fiction.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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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.