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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Adventures of Dagobert Trostler, Vienna's Sherlock Holmesdi Balduin Groller
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. As some of the other reviews have mentioned, this book may appeal to lovers of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, with some caveats. Written around the turn of the 20th century, Herr Groller's language is considered stilted these days, and the stories have very little action, so to speak. I believe the interaction between characters may suffer from the translation, as well. The tit-for-tat conversations leave much to be desired for a modern reader, and made me feel as if I was constantly missing something. I couldn't understand all the nuances that were intended, and the main character is extremely annoying, too, which became very old very quickly. Unless you are a true fan of Victorian sensibilities and fiction, look for this with caution. Thank you for opportunity to read this book via the Library Thing Early Reviewers program! Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I won a copy of this book and was pleased to have the opportunity to write this review. The stories were very gentile, I thought, in the telling. Rather formal and more like an old-time mystery that was focused more on the method of solving than a bloody-harrowing-escape type of mystery as we see a lot of today!Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I confess I enjoyed this book.These are a collection of Austrian detective short stories. They are sort of ponderously whimsical. In most cases there is not actually a whole lot of detection; the focus is really the social milieu. They are soothing yet entertaining, and the crimes are often as not financial. There are no actual murders that I can remember, just elopements, embezzlement, theft, and the sending of obscene letters. The detective is a wealthy and fairly mellow personage, with a laudable concern for fairness and the comfort and happiness of his friends. The stories lack the roughness and violence of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Nobody gets pinioned with a harpoon or rushes by with their face distorted w/ horror. The publishing house, Kazabo, has followed this book up with a promising Scandinavian effort, "The Man in the Cellar". Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. AS a fan of Sherlock Holmes I thought this would be an immediate match. Especially since I like travel and Vienna has always held a certain mystique for me. But I found the characters and the confines of the home as described to be really dull. I hate leaving a bad review but the cadence of the writing just kept me from enjoying the book. Which is sad because there is nothing I like better than an immersive read. I think the author should pay more attention to character development through dialogue to move the story. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
First English Edition.Ellery Queen called Dagobert Trostler "The first important Teutonic sleuth." These short stories, originally published in German between 1889 and 1911, are a fascinating glimpse of turn-of-the-century Vienna as well as gripping detective stories sure to please any fan of Sherlock Holmes. The first of a three-volume set. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)833.92Literature German and related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1990-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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This is an ER book I received electronically and finally got around to reading. It comprises 6 stories featuring the amateur detective Dagobert Trostler in the high society of Austro-Hugarian Vienna, and while the promo cites him as the 'Austro-Hungarian answer to Sherlock Holmes', it is not a fair comparison. True, Trostler can distinguish among many types and qualities of writing paper, and he is a sharp observer of people and place. But he is more interested in solving problems without involving the police, and he relies on a miscreant's sense of honor or fear of social exposure more than any sort of force.
The stories are set in a rich and often titled milieu, and are quite clever. If Father Brown were not Father or Hercule Poirot not so finicky, in this era in Vienna, one or the other might have acted in this way, avoiding scandal and protecting both victim and perpetrator. The only time Trostler calls the police in, the perpetrator is a known murderer and thief, and even he is handled gently.
Kazabo Publishing is dedicated to finding 'best-selling books from around the world' which have not yet been translated into English and remedying that oversight. In addition to the six stories by Groller, the ebook contains several chapters from another release, [The Man in the Cellar] by Palle Rosenkrantz, which the publisher calls the father of Danish mystery novels. You can see their published list at Kazabo.com. While the books currently available seem to be older, and probably old enough to be past copyright, the site promises more contemporary work to come. ( )