E. W. Hornung, August Nemo

7 best short stories by E. W. Hornung (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hornung's prose is widely admired for its lucid, simple style. Oliver Edwards, writing in The Times, considered that "not the least attractive part of the Raffles books is the simple, plain, unaffected language in which each one of them is written". The obituarist in the same newspaper agrees, and thinks Hornung had "a power of good and clear description and a talent for mystery and surprise" This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories: - The Idles of March - A Costume Piece - Gentlemen and Players - Le Premier Pas - Wilful Murder - Nine Points of the Law - The Return Match

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tacet Books
• Seitenzahl: 83
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783968589596
• Artikelnr.: 59426974

Autorenporträt

Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.