Balduin Groller (1848–1916)
Autore di The Adventures of Dagobert Trostler, Vienna's Sherlock Holmes
Opere di Balduin Groller
Opere correlate
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Goldscheider, Adalbert
- Data di nascita
- 1848-09-05
- Data di morte
- 1916-03-22
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Hütteldorfer Friedhof, Wien, Österreich
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Austria
- Luogo di nascita
- Arad, Banat, Österreich-Ungarn
- Luogo di morte
- Wien, Österreich
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
writer
sports executive
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 28
- Popolarità
- #471,397
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 16
- ISBN
- 3
- Lingue
- 1
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.… (altro)