Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
Autor de The Four Just Men
Sobre El Autor
Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. Born in London, Wallace received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School. Wallace served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and later as part of the Medical Staff Corps mostrar más stationed in South Africa. During World War I, Wallace acted as a special interrogator for the War Office. As was the case with a number of successful popular authors, Wallace experienced a rich and diverse life before turning to professional writing. From 1886 to the 1930s, he worked in a printing shop, a shoe shop, and a rubber factory, and served as a merchant sailor and milk deliverer. Beginning in 1899, Wallace became a journalist and wrote variously for the London Daily Mail and the Rand Daily News, among others; he also worked with the racing periodicals, having founded two of them---Bibury's Weekly and R. E. Walton's Weekly. Like Sax Rohmer, Wallace earned a fortune from his writings, yet, because of a lack of business sense and a tendency to overspend, he died in debt. A prodigious writer of fiction, Wallace published, over the course of his professional life, some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. Many of his adventure narratives featured elements of crime or mystery, but they all thrived on action. Although Wallace's handling of plot was superb and he was respected for his ability to blend suspense with humor, he was less successful with his characters, who tended to be two-dimensional and stereotyped. One of his early crime adventures, The Four Just Men (1906), introduced what was to become a trademark for Wallace---lurid sensationalism coupled with dramatic violence. Wallace published in a wide range of genres, including poetry, short fiction, autobiography, and epic political history. Regrettably, much of what he wrote has lapsed into obscurity today. As sometimes is the problem with popular fiction, perhaps it was too hurriedly written---too intimately connected with its contemporary audience---to stand the ultimate test of time. But Wallace's work was highly influential, especially in the American pulp magazine markets of the Great Depression, and stands today, despite its many flaws, as some of the most effective literary adventures ever written. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Edgar Wallace
La puerta de las siete cerraduras; El hombre del antifaz blanco; El hombre del hotel Carlton / Edgar Wallace (1983) 14 copias
Selected Novels (The Four Just Men / Sanders of the River / The Angel of Terror / The Dark Eyes of London / The Ringer… (1985) 11 copias
The Four Just Men / Eve's Island / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Man Who Knew (1985) 9 copias
The Complete Works of Edgar Wallace: The ultimate collections of mystery & detective thrillers from the prolific… (2015) 8 copias
The Flying Squad / The Coat of Arms / The Traitor's Gate / The Clue of the Silver Key / The Squealer (1973) 6 copias
The Casebooks of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Book 2 (Red Aces, The Guv'nor, The Man Who Passed) (2008) 5 copias
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 1 (The Four Just Men, The Council of Justice, The Just Men of Cordova) (2008) 5 copias
The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Door with Seven Locks / The Northing Tramp / The Man at the Carlton / White Face (1961) 5 copias
The Collected Works of Edgar Wallace: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (English… (2015) 5 copias
Eve's Island / Kate, Plus 10 / The Crimson Circle / Double Dan / The Avenger / The Fellowship of the Frog / The Joker (1993) 4 copias
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 3 (Silinski: Master Criminal & White Face) (2011) 4 copias
The Crimson Circle / Number Six / Red Aces / Kennedy the Con Man / The Case of Joe Attymar (1983) 4 copias
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine 4 copias
The Green Archer 3 copias
The Edgar Wallace Police Van [The Green Archer; The Forger; The Double; The Flying Squad] (1930) 3 copias
The Door with Seven Locks / White Face / The Man at the Carlton / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Day of Uniting (1985) 3 copias
The Stretelli Case / In Thrall / Killer Kay / Der Selbstmörder / Circumstantial Evidence (2015) 3 copias
The Ringer / The Black Abbot / The Fellowship of the Frog / The India-Rubber Men / The Green Archer (2011) 3 copias
90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The Daffodil Mystery, The Angel of Terror, The Crimson Circle,… (2015) 2 copias
Gesammelte Kriminalromane und Detektivgeschichten: 69 Titel in einem Buch: Gangster in London Der Doppelgänger Das… (2015) 2 copias
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 2 (The Twister & The India-Rubber Men) (2011) 2 copias
The Fellowship of the Frog / The Ringer / The Dark Eyes of London / The Squeaker / The Black Abbot 2 copias
Edgar Wallace-Krimis: 78 Titel in einem Band: Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten: Der Doppelgänger, Das Gesicht im… (2016) 2 copias
Mr. J.G. Reeder Mysteries 2 copias
The War of the Nations : A History of the Great European Conflict : February 12 1916 : Vol 7 No 77 1 copia
Medicinman och kungamakare 1 copia
O tranbiqueiro 1 copia
The Human Monster 1 copia
Svart magi 1 copia
Clarence - Private 1 copia
Gangsters 1 copia
Skleněný Tresor 1 copia
A morte procura um Homem 1 copia
החמסן : רומן בלשי 1 copia
Trapaceiros em Alto mar 1 copia
The Man from Morocco / Hands Up! 1 copia
The Green Archer 1 copia
The Green Archer 1 copia
The Square Emerald / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / We Shall See! / Red Aces / The Forger (1959) 1 copia
The Flying Squad [annotated] 1 copia
Vzkříšení masky (1929) 1 copia
Padesát pět (1929) 1 copia
A MÃO DO DIABO 1 copia
Edgar Wallace: 69 Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten in einem Band: Gangster in London Der Doppelgänger Das indische… (2017) 1 copia
12 Hörspiele 1 copia
Omnibusbogen — Autor — 1 copia
P G reader 1 copia
Kriminalgeschichten 1 copia
[Works] 1 copia
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 2 (The Law of the Four Just Men & The Three Just Men) (2008) 1 copia
The Trial of the Seddons [Essay] 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 5 (Sandi, the King-Maker & Bones of the River) (2011) 1 copia
La caída de Mr Reader 1 copia
Keepers of the Treasure 1 copia
MYSTERY LEAGUE (21 VOLUMES) 1 copia
Wallace Edgar 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 2 (The River of Stars & Bosambo of the River) (2011) 1 copia
A King by Night / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / The Door with Seven Locks / The Double (1991) 1 copia
Alarmklockan 1 copia
The Ringer / When the Gangs Came to London / White Face / The India-Rubber Men / The Man Who Knew 1 copia
A rainha do crime 1 copia
The Standard History of the War, Volume 2: Ypres-Armentieres - The Battle for the Coast (1915) 1 copia
The Terror / Blue Hand / The Daffodil Mystery / The Crimson Circle / The Lady of Ascot (2009) 1 copia
Slane-mysteriet 1 copia
Gonsalez & C:o 1 copia
Hans annet jeg 1 copia
OLUM CICEKLERI 1 copia
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 1 (Sanders of the River & The People of the River) (2011) 1 copia
The Crimson Circle 1 copia
The Man from Morocco / The Melody of Death / The Million Dollar Story / The Northing Tramp / Penelope of the… (1966) 1 copia
Den dödes check 1 copia
Four Square Jane, Book 1 1 copia
The War of the Nations A History of the Great European Conflict February 5 1916 : Vol 7 No 76 (1916) 1 copia
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 1 (The Fellowship of the Frog & The Joker) (2011) 1 copia
Edgar Wallace Collection 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Detective Stories (The Treasure Hunt / The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim / The Necklace of Pearls) (1996) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Detective Omnibus — Contribuidor — 6 copias
The Door With Seven Locks [1940 film] — Original book — 4 copias
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Detective-omnibus — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Contribuidor — 3 copias
The Fourth Crime Club Omnibus: The Devil Man / Mystery at Friar's Pardon / Death Comes to Perigord / Dead Man's Watch (1937) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Vol. 02, No. 12: July, 1965 — Contribuidor — 2 copias
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Detective Omnibus (The Melody of Death, The Bartenstein Mystery, The Rasp) (1936) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
The Door with Seven Locks / Voice Out of Darkness / A Well-Known Face — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Sixteen On: An Anthology of Railway Stories — Contribuidor — 1 copia
The Squealer: A Radio Play 1 copia
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- Nombre canónico
- Wallace, Edgar
- Nombre legal
- Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar
- Otros nombres
- Уоллес, Эдгар
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1875-04-01
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1932-02-10
- Lugar de sepultura
- Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- diabetes
pneumonia - Lugares de residencia
- South Africa
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
novelist
scriptwriter - Relaciones
- Wallace, Bryan Edgar (son)
- Biografía breve
- Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at 12. He joined the army at 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines, later publishing collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.
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