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The Educated Evans Stories

Autor Edgar Wallace
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 noi 2015
Meet Educated Evans and 'The Miller' in the shady side of London between the World WarsEdgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include The Four Just Men, Sanders of the River, and J. G. Reeder. Although Wallace wrote many 'stand alone' novels it is, perhaps, for his series based material-always popular with readers-that he remains best known. Leonaur has collected many of these series into good-value omnibus editions. The Educated Evans stories combine Wallace's talent for humour with his hallmark detective story themes. The eponymous principal character is a London racing tipster. Garrulous and delightfully ignorant of most of the subjects about which he professes to have knowledge, Evans provides the comic foil for the towering figure of 'The Miller,' a formidable police detective named for his perpetual habit of chewing upon a length of straw. Together the pair form an uneasy partnership as they undertake various adventures in the worlds of racing and petty criminality. Educated Evans actually found his way to the cinema screen portrayed by the popular British comedian Max Miller.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781782824848
ISBN-10: 1782824847
Pagini: 372
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Leonaur Ltd

Notă biografică

Edgar Wallace was born Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace in Greenwich, England, in 1875. Raised in modest circumstances by foster parents, he left school at an early age and worked at several jobs before joining the British Army. While stationed in South Africa, he began writing poetry and journalism and later became a correspondent covering the Second Boer War. These experiences helped launch a remarkably prolific literary career.Wallace became one of the most successful popular writers of the early twentieth century, producing crime novels, thrillers, adventure stories, plays, short fiction, and screenplays at an extraordinary pace. His best-known works include The Four Just Men, The Ringer, The Green Archer, The Crimson Circle, and the Sanders of the River stories. His fiction is characterized by rapid plotting, memorable villains, hidden identities, criminal conspiracies, and dramatic reversals.In addition to his novels and plays, Wallace worked in the developing motion-picture industry and helped create the original story for King Kong. He died in Hollywood in 1932 while working on film projects. His books sold in enormous numbers during his lifetime, and his influence remains visible in British crime fiction, international thrillers, and popular cinema.