Fergus Hume

eBook, ePUB

Miss Mephistopheles (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

Beschreibung

Kitty Marchurst went looking for love but found herself abandoned on the streets of Melbourne. Rescued by Mrs. Villiers, she devotes herself to her daughter while becoming a star in the local burlesque scene. When her priceless diamonds disappear without a trace, the ensuing scandal threatens not only Kitty's reputation, but her life. Miss Mephistopheles is a novel by Fergus Hume.

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Autor

Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was an English novelist. Born in Worcestershire, Hume was the son of a civil servant of Scottish descent. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he attended Otago Boy's High School. In 1885, after graduating from the University of Otago with a degree in law, Hume was admitted to the New Zealand bar. He moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a clerk and embarked on his career as a writer with a series of plays. After struggling in vain to find success as a playwright, Hume turned to novels with The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), a story of mystery and urban poverty that eventually became one of the most successful works of fiction of the Victorian era. Hume, who returned to England in 1888, would go on to publish over 100 novels and stories, earning a reputation as a leading writer of popular fiction and inspiring such figures as Arthur Conan Doyle, whose early detective novels were modeled after Hume's. Despite the resounding success of his debut work of fiction, Hume died in relative obscurity at a modest cottage in Thundersley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513278810
• Artikelnr.: 61368492