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The Complete Clerihews of E. Clerihew Bentley
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

The Complete Clerihews of E. Clerihew Bentley

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Biography for Beginners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 100

Biography for Beginners

Witty poems skewer historical figures past and present — Jane Austen, Karl Marx, Sir Walter Raleigh, Theodore Roosevelt, and others — with an accompaniment of whimsical illustrations by G. K. Chesterton.

Trent's Last Case
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Trent's Last Case

A scheming American capitalist is found dead in the garden of his country house. Why is the dead man not wearing his false teeth and why is his young widow seemingly relieved at his death? 'The Lady in Black', has a disarming effect on the refreshingly fallible and imaginative Trent, in this classic detective story that twists and turns.

Biography for Beginners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 98

Biography for Beginners

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Woman in Black
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 236

The Woman in Black

Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? When the scheming, indomitable brain of Sigsbee Manderson was scattered by a shot from an unknown hand, that world lost nothing worth a single tear; it gained something memorable in a harsh reminder of the vanity of such wealth as this dead man had piled up-without making one loyal friend to mourn him, without doing an act that could help his memory to the least honor. But when the news of his end came, it seemed to those living in the great vortices of business as if the earth, too, shuddered under a blow. In all the lurid commercial history of his country there had been no figure that had so imposed itself upon the mind of the trading world. He had a niche apart in its temples.

Trent's Own Case
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 323

Trent's Own Case

The murder of a sadistic philanthropist sparks off an elaborate investigation led by Philip Trent, who had been painting the portrait of the victim. Two subsequent murders and the disappearance of an actress provide subsidiary mysteries in this inventive tale, which sees Trent in an elaborate maze created by ingenious criminal schemes.

The Green Carnation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

The Green Carnation

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1894
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Elephant's Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 259

Elephant's Work

Chuny causes the train to crash, little knowing she has sparked off a staggering chain of events involving an amnesiac who, in his quest to resolve a case of mistaken identity, meets the formidable General, learns about diamonds and becomes embroiled in an extraordinary affair involving the Bishop of Glasminster's mitre.

Trent's Last Case
  • Language: en

Trent's Last Case

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born on July 10th in London and educated at St Paul's and Merton College, Oxford. Bentley worked as a journalist on several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph. His first published collection of poetry in 1905, "Biography for Beginners," popularized the clerihew form (this was an irregular type of humourous verse, normally on biographical subjects) it was followed by two other collections, More Biography (1929) and Baseless Biography (1939). His detective novel, Trent's Last Case (1913), is the first modern mystery. It was much praised and admired by, among others, Dorothy L. Sayers. It features a dense, labyrinthine and mystifying plotting which was unusual...

The Wind on the Moon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

The Wind on the Moon

In the English village of Midmeddlecum, sisters Dinah and Dorinda struggle to keep their promise to try to be good when their father goes off to war, but they soon get into a great deal of mischief.