Bernard Capes (1854–1918)
Autor de The Mystery of the Skeleton Key
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Bernard Capes
A Ghost-child 2 copias
The Corner House 🎧 1 copia
The Widow's Clock 1 copia
The Marble Hands 1 copia
Marble Hands [short story] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Gaslit Horror: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes and Others (2008) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contribuidor — 25 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1854-08-30
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1918-11-01
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
- Relaciones
- Capes, Harriet (sister)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 24
- También por
- 25
- Miembros
- 170
- Popularidad
- #125,474
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 43
- Idiomas
- 1
When Annie—the Kennett’s beautiful maid—is found shot to death, Vivian’s suspicion is confirmed. Several inhabitants of Wildshott are subsequently arrested for the crime, but neither Vivian nor the Baron is satisfied the real culprit has been apprehended. Vivian watches with a critical eye as the Baron’s mysterious activities lead to the true solution of the crime.
Don’t expect to ‘play along’ as this mystery unfolds; the reader is not given the information needed to solve the case. Baron le Sage investigates the case on his own and never reveals anything until the denouement. This doesn’t ruin the story by any means, but the Baron’s unexplained omniscience and tight-lipped pomposity do grow tedious after a while.
The author alternates between Vivian’s narration and an omniscient narrator; this fluctuation severely disrupts the flow of the storyline. The book definitely would have benefited from one narrator rather than the garbled combination.
Overall, however, this is an interesting and well-written story. I would recommend it to educated fans of Golden Age mysteries and classical literature.… (más)