Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
Autore di La legge dei quattro
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Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. Born in London, Wallace received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School. Wallace served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and later as part of the Medical Staff Corps mostra altro stationed in South Africa. During World War I, Wallace acted as a special interrogator for the War Office. As was the case with a number of successful popular authors, Wallace experienced a rich and diverse life before turning to professional writing. From 1886 to the 1930s, he worked in a printing shop, a shoe shop, and a rubber factory, and served as a merchant sailor and milk deliverer. Beginning in 1899, Wallace became a journalist and wrote variously for the London Daily Mail and the Rand Daily News, among others; he also worked with the racing periodicals, having founded two of them---Bibury's Weekly and R. E. Walton's Weekly. Like Sax Rohmer, Wallace earned a fortune from his writings, yet, because of a lack of business sense and a tendency to overspend, he died in debt. A prodigious writer of fiction, Wallace published, over the course of his professional life, some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. Many of his adventure narratives featured elements of crime or mystery, but they all thrived on action. Although Wallace's handling of plot was superb and he was respected for his ability to blend suspense with humor, he was less successful with his characters, who tended to be two-dimensional and stereotyped. One of his early crime adventures, The Four Just Men (1906), introduced what was to become a trademark for Wallace---lurid sensationalism coupled with dramatic violence. Wallace published in a wide range of genres, including poetry, short fiction, autobiography, and epic political history. Regrettably, much of what he wrote has lapsed into obscurity today. As sometimes is the problem with popular fiction, perhaps it was too hurriedly written---too intimately connected with its contemporary audience---to stand the ultimate test of time. But Wallace's work was highly influential, especially in the American pulp magazine markets of the Great Depression, and stands today, despite its many flaws, as some of the most effective literary adventures ever written. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Edgar Wallace
Selected Novels (The Four Just Men / Sanders of the River / The Angel of Terror / The Dark Eyes of London / The Ringer… (1985) 11 copie
The Complete Works of Edgar Wallace: The ultimate collections of mystery & detective thrillers from the prolific… (2015) 8 copie
The Flying Squad / The Coat of Arms / The Traitor's Gate / The Clue of the Silver Key / The Squealer (1973) 6 copie
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 1 (The Four Just Men, The Council of Justice, The Just Men of Cordova) (2008) 5 copie
The Collected Works of Edgar Wallace: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (English… (2015) 5 copie
The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Door with Seven Locks / The Northing Tramp / The Man at the Carlton / White Face (1961) 5 copie
The Casebooks of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Book 2 (Red Aces, The Guv'nor, The Man Who Passed) (2008) 4 copie
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 3 (Silinski: Master Criminal & White Face) (2011) 4 copie
Eve's Island / Kate, Plus 10 / The Crimson Circle / Double Dan / The Avenger / The Fellowship of the Frog / The Joker (1993) 4 copie
The Crimson Circle / Number Six / Red Aces / Kennedy the Con Man / The Case of Joe Attymar (1983) 4 copie
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine 4 copie
The Ringer / The Black Abbot / The Fellowship of the Frog / The India-Rubber Men / The Green Archer (2011) 3 copie
Dalla parte della giustizia : Il consiglio dei quattro / I giusti di Cordova / La legge dei quattro (1977) 3 copie
The Door with Seven Locks / White Face / The Man at the Carlton / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Day of Uniting (1985) 3 copie
The Edgar Wallace Police Van [The Green Archer; The Forger; The Double; The Flying Squad] (1930) 3 copie
The Stretelli Case / In Thrall / Killer Kay / The Man Who Killed Himself / Circumstantial Evidence (2015) 3 copie
Edgar Wallace-Krimis: 78 Titel in einem Band: Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten: Der Doppelgänger, Das Gesicht im… (2016) 2 copie
90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The Daffodil Mystery, The Angel of Terror, The Crimson Circle,… (2015) 2 copie
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 2 (The Twister & The India-Rubber Men) (2011) 2 copie
The Fellowship of the Frog / The Ringer / The Dark Eyes of London / The Squeaker / The Black Abbot 2 copie
Mr. J.G. Reeder Mysteries 2 copie
Halley's Comet, the Cowboy, and Lord Dorrington: A Curious Story with a Cumbersome Title (1910) 2 copie
Padesát pět (1929) 1 copia
Vzkříšení masky (1929) 1 copia
The Square Emerald / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / We Shall See! / Red Aces / The Forger (1959) 1 copia
A MÃO DO DIABO 1 copia
The Flying Squad [annotated] 1 copia
Skleněný Tresor 1 copia
Clarence - Private 1 copia
Svart magi 1 copia
The War of the Nations : A History of the Great European Conflict : February 12 1916 : Vol 7 No 77 1 copia
12 Hörspiele 1 copia
Bosambo del fiume 1 copia
Omnibusbogen — Autore — 1 copia
O tranbiqueiro 1 copia
Trapaceiros em Alto mar 1 copia
A morte procura um Homem 1 copia
Gangsters 1 copia
Smoky Cell 1 copia
החמסן : רומן בלשי 1 copia
The War of the Nations : A History of the Great European Conflict : February 5 1916 : Vol 7 No 76 (1916) 1 copia
The Standard History of the War, Volume 2: Ypres-Armentieres - The Battle for the Coast (1915) 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 1 (Sanders of the River & The People of the River) (2011) 1 copia
The Man from Morocco / The Melody of Death / The Million Dollar Story / The Northing Tramp / Penelope of the… (1966) 1 copia
La caída de Mr Reader 1 copia
Den dödes check 1 copia
Four Square Jane, Book 1 1 copia
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 2 (The Law of the Four Just Men & The Three Just Men) (2008) 1 copia
The Stretelli Case / In Thrall / Killer Kay / The Man Who Killed Himself / Circumstantial Evidence / The Treasure House (2020) 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 5 (Sandi, the King-Maker & Bones of the River) (2011) 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 2 (The River of Stars & Bosambo of the River) (2011) 1 copia
Wallace Edgar 1 copia
Hans annet jeg 1 copia
Gonsalez & C:o 1 copia
Slane-mysteriet 1 copia
A King by Night / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / The Door with Seven Locks / The Double (1991) 1 copia
[Works] 1 copia
Alarmklockan 1 copia
P G reader 1 copia
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 1 (The Fellowship of the Frog & The Joker) (2011) 1 copia
Edgar Wallace Collection 1 copia
OLUM CICEKLERI 1 copia
The Ringer / When the Gangs Came to London / White Face / The India-Rubber Men / The Man Who Knew (2011) 1 copia
A rainha do crime 1 copia
The Terror / Blue Hand / The Daffodil Mystery / The Crimson Circle / The Lady of Ascot (2009) 1 copia
MYSTERY LEAGUE (21 VOLUMES) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Detective Stories (The Treasure Hunt / The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim / The Necklace of Pearls) (1996) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Detective Omnibus — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
The Door With Seven Locks [1940 film] — Original book — 4 copie
Detective-omnibus — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Fourth Crime Club Omnibus: The Devil Man / Mystery at Friar's Pardon / Death Comes to Perigord / Dead Man's Watch (1937) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Vol. 02, No. 12: July, 1965 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Detective Omnibus (The Melody of Death, The Bartenstein Mystery, The Rasp) (1936) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The Door with Seven Locks / Voice Out of Darkness / A Well-Known Face — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Sixteen On: An Anthology of Railway Stories — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Wallace, Edgar
- Nome legale
- Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar
- Altri nomi
- Уоллес, Эдгар
- Data di nascita
- 1875-04-01
- Data di morte
- 1932-02-10
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
UK - Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- diabetes
pneumonia - Luogo di residenza
- South Africa
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
novelist
scriptwriter - Relazioni
- Wallace, Bryan Edgar (son)
- Breve biografia
- Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at 12. He joined the army at 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines, later publishing collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.
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- Opere correlate
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
- 222
- ISBN
- 2,295
- Lingue
- 23
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