Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
Auteur van De vier rechtvaardige mannen
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Sanders & Bones: the African Adventures, 4 (Lieutenant Bones & Bones in London) (2011) 26 exemplaren
Selected Novels (The Four Just Men / Sanders of the River / The Angel of Terror / The Dark Eyes of London / The Ringer… (1985) 11 exemplaren
The Four Just Men / Eve's Island / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Man Who Knew (1985) 9 exemplaren
The Complete Works of Edgar Wallace: The ultimate collections of mystery & detective thrillers from the prolific… (2015) 8 exemplaren
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The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Door with Seven Locks / The Northing Tramp / The Man at the Carlton / White Face (1961) 5 exemplaren
The Collected Works of Edgar Wallace: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (English… (2015) 5 exemplaren
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 1 (The Four Just Men, The Council of Justice, The Just Men of Cordova) (2008) 5 exemplaren
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Eve's Island / Kate, Plus 10 / The Crimson Circle / Double Dan / The Avenger / The Fellowship of the Frog / The Joker (1993) 4 exemplaren
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The Stretelli Case / In Thrall / Killer Kay / The Man Who Killed Himself / Circumstantial Evidence (2015) 3 exemplaren
The Edgar Wallace Police Van [The Green Archer; The Forger; The Double; The Flying Squad] (1930) 3 exemplaren
Barbara on Her Own / The Man Who Knew 2 exemplaren
Elk of the 'Yard'-The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk: Volume 2-The Twister & the India-Rubber Men (2011) 2 exemplaren
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Edgar Wallace-Krimis: 78 Titel in einem Band: Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten: Der Doppelgänger, Das Gesicht im… (2016) 2 exemplaren
90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The Daffodil Mystery, The Angel of Terror, The Crimson Circle,… (2015) 2 exemplaren
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12 Hörspiele 1 exemplaar
O tranbiqueiro 1 exemplaar
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The Forest of Happy Dreams [play] 1 exemplaar
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Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 1 (Sanders of the River & The People of the River) (2011) 1 exemplaar
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The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 2 (The Law of the Four Just Men & The Three Just Men) (2008) 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Wallace, Edgar
- Officiële naam
- Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Уоллес, Эдгар
- Geboortedatum
- 1875-04-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1932-02-10
- Graflocatie
- Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- England
UK - Geboorteplaats
- London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- diabetes
pneumonia - Woonplaatsen
- South Africa
- Beroepen
- journalist
novelist
scriptwriter - Relaties
- Wallace, Bryan Edgar (son)
- Korte biografie
- 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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