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Margery Allingham (1904–1966)

Autore di Un'ombra nella nebbia

133+ opere 18,577 membri 470 recensioni 54 preferito

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Margery Allingham, one of England's leading mystery writers, was born on May 20, 1904, in Ealing, a western suburb of London, but grew up in a remote village in Essex. Both of her parents were writers, and Margery carried on that tradition when she sold her first short story as an eight-year-old. mostra altro At the Regent Street Polytechnic, she continued writing and studied drama and speech. While there, she wrote a verse play, Dido and Aeneas, in which she had a starring role during performances in London. At age 19, Allington published her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick. She wrote another novel, The White Cottage Mystery, before creating her most famous character, Albert Campion, in The Black Dudley Murder (published in England as The Crime at Black Dudley) in 1929. Allington went on to create twenty-eight more Campion mysteries, including several collections. She wrote more than 10 other novels, some under the pseudonym Maxwell March, as well as four novellas and sixty-four short stories. During World War II, Allingham served as First Aid Commandant for her district, organized the billeting and care of evacuees from London, and allowed her house to be turned into a temporary military base for eight officers and two hundred men of the Cameronians. The war greatly deepened Allingham's passion for her country, as evidenced in her later works. Allingham died of cancer on June 30, 1966. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Serie

Opere di Margery Allingham

Un'ombra nella nebbia (1952) 1,438 copie, 49 recensioni
La lunga notte di Black Dudley (1929) 1,239 copie, 43 recensioni
L'isola (1930) 944 copie, 33 recensioni
Sweet Danger (1933) 935 copie, 21 recensioni
La polizia in casa (1931) 887 copie, 21 recensioni
Traitor's Purse (1941) 822 copie, 19 recensioni
More Work for the Undertaker (1949) 793 copie, 14 recensioni
Il segreto della torre (1931) 759 copie, 24 recensioni
Fiori per il giudice (1936) 735 copie, 13 recensioni
Il ritorno di Campion (1945) 732 copie, 18 recensioni
The Fashion In Shrouds (1938) 731 copie, 23 recensioni
Death of a Ghost (1934) 727 copie, 17 recensioni
Hide My Eyes (1958) 703 copie, 14 recensioni
The China Governess (1962) 647 copie, 14 recensioni
Danza sull'abisso (1937) 645 copie, 17 recensioni
The Beckoning Lady (1955) 638 copie, 11 recensioni
The Case of the Late Pig (1937) 634 copie, 19 recensioni
The Mind Readers (1965) 523 copie, 11 recensioni
Black Plumes (1940) 484 copie, 14 recensioni
Cargo of Eagles (1968) 460 copie, 3 recensioni
The White Cottage Mystery (1927) 406 copie, 21 recensioni
Mr. Campion and Others (1939) 377 copie, 6 recensioni
Deadly Duo (1949) 329 copie, 5 recensioni
No Love Lost (1954) 260 copie, 5 recensioni
The Allingham Case-Book (1969) 244 copie, 8 recensioni
The Return of Mr. Campion (1989) 214 copie, 1 recensione
The Allingham Minibus (1973) 165 copie, 3 recensioni
Crime and Mr. Campion (1959) 161 copie, 3 recensioni
Mr. Campion, Criminologist (1937) 90 copie, 1 recensione
The Oaken Heart (1941) 79 copie, 2 recensioni
My Friend Mr. Campion and Other Mysteries (2011) 62 copie, 1 recensione
The Tiger in the Smoke [abridged audiobook] (2002) 60 copie, 3 recensioni
Merry Murder (1994) 39 copie
Three Cases for Mr. Campion (1941) 37 copie, 1 recensione
Margery Allingham Box Set 1 (2016) 21 copie, 1 recensione
Best Crime Stories (1990) 19 copie
Campion at Christmas: 4 Holiday Stories (2018) 17 copie, 1 recensione
Mr. Campion's Lady (1965) 13 copie
Rogues' Holiday (1935) 12 copie, 1 recensione
Dance of the Years (1943) 12 copie
Safer Than Love (1954) 11 copie
The Devil and Her Son (2017) 11 copie
Mr. Campion's Clowns: An Allingham Omnibus (1967) 10 copie, 1 recensione
Cargo of Eagles [abridged audiobook] (2010) 8 copie, 1 recensione
The Case Book of Mr. Campion (1947) 7 copie, 1 recensione
The Shadow in the House (1936) 5 copie
Novelas Escogidas (1959) 3 copie
Dvojí smrt Johna Lafcadia 2 copie, 1 recensione
Black Plumes [abridged audiobook] (2007) 1 copia, 1 recensione
Water in a Sieve (1925) 1 copia

Opere correlate

English Country House Murders (1989) — Collaboratore — 490 copie, 11 recensioni
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Collaboratore — 401 copie, 5 recensioni
A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volumes 1-2 (1957) — Collaboratore — 269 copie, 3 recensioni
Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries (2015) — Collaboratore — 237 copie, 19 recensioni
Crime Stories from the Strand (1991) — Collaboratore — 231 copie, 2 recensioni
A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volume 1 (1957) — Collaboratore — 212 copie
Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries (2016) — Collaboratore — 204 copie, 11 recensioni
Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries (2016) — Collaboratore — 178 copie, 9 recensioni
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015) — Collaboratore — 167 copie, 6 recensioni
Six Against the Yard (1936) — Collaboratore — 163 copie, 4 recensioni
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Collaboratore — 138 copie
The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories (2004) — Collaboratore — 118 copie, 1 recensione
Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes (2016) — Collaboratore — 116 copie, 6 recensioni
Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2017) — Collaboratore — 114 copie, 9 recensioni
A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries (2020) — Collaboratore — 110 copie, 7 recensioni
Ten Great Mysteries (1959) — Collaboratore — 108 copie, 2 recensioni
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Collaboratore — 103 copie, 1 recensione
Murder On Christmas Eve (2017) — Collaboratore — 93 copie, 5 recensioni
Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (1988) — Collaboratore — 89 copie
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Collaboratore — 73 copie, 1 recensione
Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1990) — Collaboratore — 73 copie, 3 recensioni
A Treasury of Modern Mysteries, Volume 1 (1973) — Collaboratore — 64 copie, 2 recensioni
Murder Most Cozy: Mysteries in the Classic Tradition (1993) — Collaboratore — 55 copie, 1 recensione
Murder at Christmas (2019) — Collaboratore — 55 copie, 3 recensioni
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
Detective Duos (1997) — Collaboratore — 52 copie, 1 recensione
Murder at Teatime: Mysteries in the Classic Cozy Tradition (1996) — Collaboratore — 50 copie, 2 recensioni
Modern Short Story Classics of Suspense (1968) — Autore — 41 copie
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Collaboratore — 40 copie
Murder on a Winter's Night (2021) — Collaboratore — 39 copie, 1 recensione
Murder in Midsummer (2019) — Collaboratore — 39 copie
Murder in Midwinter (2020) — Collaboratore — 38 copie
Mysterious Pleasures (2003) — Collaboratore — 34 copie, 2 recensioni
Murder under the Mistletoe and Other Stories (1992) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
Detective Mysteries Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
Famous Stories of Code and Cipher (1966) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Murder Most Merry (2002) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Collaboratore — 24 copie, 2 recensioni
Shot in the Dark (1950) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Great detective stories (1998) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Great Tales of Detection (1936) — Collaboratore — 21 copie, 1 recensione
Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Ellery Queen's Mystery Mix (1962) — Collaboratore — 19 copie, 1 recensione
Campion: The Complete Series — Autore — 14 copie
Classic Crime Short Stories (2001) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery (1937) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Mehr Morde (1961) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Cream of the Crime (1962) — Collaboratore — 13 copie, 2 recensioni
Campion: Death of a Ghost [1989 TV Episodes] (1989) — Autore — 10 copie
Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Detection Medley (1939) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Dangerous Ladies (1992) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Campion: Look to the Lady [1989 TV Episodes] (1989) — Autore — 8 copie
The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres (1998) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Evening Standard Detective Book (1950) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Some Like Them Dead (1960) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Second Mystery Companion (1944) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Classic Crime 5 Book Gift Set (1988) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Avon Mystery Story Teller (1946) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Campion: Mystery Mile [1990 TV Episodes] (1990) — Autore — 4 copie
For Love or Money (1957) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Verdens største detektiver I (1995) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 2 (1996) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Crime Writers' Choice (1964) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Vintermysterier (1953) — Collaboratore — 3 copie, 1 recensione
Nelson Doubleday, 1889-1949 (1950) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Best Stories of the Underworld (1941) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Nye detektivhistorier fra hele verden — Autore, alcune edizioni2 copie, 1 recensione
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Famous Tales of Suspense: Four Gems by the Masters (1958) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1944) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
A Magnum of Mysteries (1963) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Argosy (UK) [Vol. IV No. 5, June 1943] — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Einige Morde : Mordgeschichten (1969) — Autore — 1 copia
Murder for Christmas [audio abridgement] (1989) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Suspense, August 1958 [Vol. 1, No. 1] (1958) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Detectiveverhalen 2 (1964) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Best Crime Stories 2 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Mystery and Suspense — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Un altro giallo classico all'inglese che mi delude: niente da fare, Agatha Christie ormai mi ha abituato a standard troppo alti.
L'inizio è promettente: una villa isolata, tanti ospiti e un rituale misterioso; peccato che poi la trama si perda in goffe scene d'azione, che ai nostri occhi moderni risultano ingenue ai limiti del ridicolo. Il mistero vero e proprio viene relegato alle pagine finali, con una soluzione anche suggestiva ma troppo affrettata.
Coi personaggi non andiamo meglio: tutti piatti e stereotipati a cominciare dal narratore, figura banale senza nessun guizzo e per cui non proveremo mai la minima simpatia. L'unica notevole eccezione è Albert Campion, che spicca con la sua personalità eccentrica e bizzarra in un mare di nullità. Peccato che pur essendo il protagonista della serie appaia solo come deus ex machina, forse perché questo era il primo volume e l'autrice non aveva ancora le idee chiare su come proseguire.
Lo stile è inequivocabilmente datato, con toni fin troppo leggeri che spesso risultano fuori luogo; capisco l'aplomb inglese, ma così si esagera.
Insomma il motivo per cui non stronco definitivamente questo romanzo è solo Albert Campion, che mi ha incuriosito e di cui vorrei leggere ancora, sperando che nelle opere future venga sfruttato meglio.
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