The Dorrington Deed-Box
Autor Arthur Morrisonen Limba Engleză Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781539853756
ISBN-10: 1539853756
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
ISBN-10: 1539853756
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
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Detective, crook and sociopath!
The Dorrington Deed-Box is a collection of stories featuring cases of the unscrupulous London-based private detective Horace Dorrington, told from the viewpoint of one his clients and potential victims, James Rigby.
Morrison had previously written stories about a regular private detective Martin Hewitt (available as a yellowback), but with Dorrington he created a more cynical character. Horace Dorrington, of the firm Dorrington and Hicks, is no run-of-the-mill private enquiry agent. In fact Dorrington is someone who won't even stop at armed robbery or baulk at murder to achieve his ends. In an unusual departure from the standard tropes, these stories explore the darker side of Victorian detectives.
Detective, crook and sociopath!
The Dorrington Deed-Box is a collection of stories featuring cases of the unscrupulous London-based private detective Horace Dorrington, told from the viewpoint of one his clients and potential victims, James Rigby.
Morrison had previously written stories about a regular private detective Martin Hewitt (available as a yellowback), but with Dorrington he created a more cynical character. Horace Dorrington, of the firm Dorrington and Hicks, is no run-of-the-mill private enquiry agent. In fact Dorrington is someone who won't even stop at armed robbery or baulk at murder to achieve his ends. In an unusual departure from the standard tropes, these stories explore the darker side of Victorian detectives.
Notă biografică
English author and journalist Arthur Morrison (born 1 November 1863; died 4 December 1945) is best known for his realistic books, his depictions of working-class life in London's East End, and his Martin Hewitt-centered detective tales. Additionally, he authored various publications on Japanese art while collecting Japanese artwork. Through donations and purchases, the British Museum now holds a large portion of his collection. Morrison's novel A Child of the Jago is his most well-known piece of fiction (1896). Morrison published his first piece of significant journalism in the newspaper The Globe in 1885. He was hired in 1886 to a position at the People's Palace in Mile End after rising to the rank of the third-class clerk. He was granted reading privileges at the British Museum in 1888, and he went on to publish a series of 13 sketches titled Cockney Corner that chronicled daily life in a number of London neighborhoods, including Soho, Whitechapel, and Bow Street. Around 1,800 Japanese woodblock prints were given by Morrison to the British Museum in 1906.