H. C. Bailey (1878–1961)
Auteur de Call Mr. Fortune
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Séries
Œuvres de H. C. Bailey
Colonel Greatheart 5 exemplaires
Springtime 4 exemplaires
The New Crime Club Golden Book of Best Detective Stories 3 exemplaires
The plot 2 exemplaires
The Cases Of Detective Reggie Fortune: Mr. Fortune's Practice collection of mystery tales (2020) 2 exemplaires
Mr. Fortune's Case Book contains Call Mr Fortune; Mr Fortune's practice; Mr Fortune's trials; Mr Fortune, please (1948) 2 exemplaires
Beaujeu 2 exemplaires
His serene highness 1 exemplaire
The suburban 1 exemplaire
The master of Gray 1 exemplaire
Karl of Erbach 1 exemplaire
Raoul, gentleman of fortune 1 exemplaire
Colonel Stow 1 exemplaire
Storm and treasure 1 exemplaire
Rimingtons 1 exemplaire
The gentleman adventurer 1 exemplaire
The gamesters 1 exemplaire
The pillar of fire 1 exemplaire
Barry Leroy 1 exemplaire
The Twentieth Century New Testament: A Translation Into Modern English (Classic Reprint) 1 exemplaire
The young lovers 1 exemplaire
Boekanier om een vrouwenhart 1 exemplaire
Mr Fortune's case book : containing Call Mr Fortune, Mr Fortune's practice, Mr Fortune's trials, Mr… 1 exemplaire
The Fairy Prince 1 exemplaire
The Roman eagles 1 exemplaire
The rebel 1 exemplaire
Knight at arms 1 exemplaire
The golden fleece 1 exemplaire
The merchant prince 1 exemplaire
Bonaventure 1 exemplaire
Judy Bovenden 1 exemplaire
Mr. Cardonnel 1 exemplaire
The fool 1 exemplaire
The man in the cape 1 exemplaire
H. C. Bailey Best Mystery Detective Collection - The Highwayman Call Mr. Fortune (2016) 1 exemplaire
The Little House [Short Story] 1 exemplaire
Dunkelt förflutet 1 exemplaire
Queen of Spades 1 exemplaire
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Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Bailey, Henry Christopher
- Date de naissance
- 1878-02-01
- Date de décès
- 1961-03-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Bernina, Wales - Études
- Oxford University (Corpus Christi College)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 83
- Aussi par
- 63
- Membres
- 548
- Popularité
- #45,524
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 18
- ISBN
- 52
- Langues
- 2
The thing is, Reggie and his colleagues talk in a sort of slangy manner that's hard to get 100 years later. They actually call each other "old thing" and the like. The narration overall is a little elliptical and hard to follow. And I'm sorry, but fair play was not really in evidence. Inevitably, Reggie throws out some facts when explaining the solution that were withheld from the reader.
On the other hand, I actually found myself growing fond of Reggie as I read on. Some past reviewers have found him conceited or unlikeable; I think this may be the British classism of 100 years irritating modern readers.… (plus d'informations)