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R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943)

Autor(a) de The Red Thumb Mark

177+ Works 2,552 Membros 123 Reviews 6 Favorited

About the Author

Richard Austin Freeman enjoyed a prolific career that saw him gain qualification as pharmacist and surgeon, pull off a diplomatic coup along the Gold Coast of Africa, work for Holloway Prison and become a formidable man of fiction. For the first twenty-five years of his writing career, Freeman was mostrar mais to dominate and remain unrivalled in the world of detective fiction, introducing the well-loved and highly memorable Dr Thorndyke. Through the creation of this character, Richard Austin Freeman continues to be read as an extremely popular addition to the world of the mystery novel. mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) R. Austin Freeman also wrote books with John James Pitcairn under the joint pseudonym Clifford Ashdown, some of which have now been re-issued under Freeman's name. Please do not combine Ashdown with Freeman. Thank you.

(nor) R. Austin Freeman also wrote books with John James Pitcairn under the joint pseudonym Clifford Ashdown, some of which have now been re-issued under Freeman's name. Please do not combine Ashdown with Freeman. Thank you.

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Séries

Obras de R. Austin Freeman

The Red Thumb Mark (1907) 283 cópias
The Eye of Osiris (1911) 228 cópias
The Mystery of 31 New Inn (1912) 167 cópias
John Thorndyke's Cases (1909) 101 cópias
Mr. Pottermack's Oversight (1930) 97 cópias
A Silent Witness (1914) 90 cópias
The Singing Bone (1912) 88 cópias
The D'Arblay Mystery (1926) 58 cópias
The Uttermost Farthing (1914) 55 cópias
As a Thief in the Night (1928) 55 cópias
The Penrose Mystery (1936) 54 cópias
Helen Vardon's Confession (1922) 53 cópias
A Certain Dr. Thorndyke (1927) 52 cópias
The Stoneware Monkey (1938) 52 cópias
The Cat's Eye (1923) 52 cópias
Mr. Polton Explains (1940) 45 cópias
Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes (1933) 45 cópias
Felo De Se (Dr. Thorndyke) (1937) 43 cópias
The Jacob Street Mystery (1942) 42 cópias
The Shadow of the Wolf (1925) 41 cópias
Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke (1931) 37 cópias
The Puzzle Lock (1925) 36 cópias
The Magic Casket (1927) 36 cópias
When Rogues Fall Out (1932) 35 cópias
The Great Portrait Mystery (1918) 28 cópias
Flighty Phyllis (1928) 14 cópias
The Golden Pool (1905) 12 cópias
The Unwilling Adventurer (2008) 10 cópias
Dr. Thorndyke Investigates (1930) 4 cópias
The Other Eye of Osiris (1999) 2 cópias
8 Mystery Novels: Boxed Set (2014) 2 cópias
Dr. Thorndyke (2014) 2 cópias
Una carrozza nella notte (2007) 2 cópias
Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File (1941) 2 cópias
The Red Thumb Mark Illustrated (2020) 1 exemplar(es)
¿Suicidio? 1 exemplar(es)
Die stumme Zeugin 1 exemplar(es)
El misterio de la posada 1 exemplar(es)
La huella roja 1 exemplar(es)
El secreto del colgante 1 exemplar(es)
L'occhio di Osiride 1 exemplar(es)
The Uttermost Farthing 1 exemplar(es)
Jacobi tänava mõistatus (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Thorndyke: Novels 1-4 (2022) 1 exemplar(es)
La balsa de oro 1 exemplar(es)
By the Black Deep 1 exemplar(es)
Pandora's Box 1 exemplar(es)
Rex V. Burnaby 1 exemplar(es)
A Sower Of Pestilence 1 exemplar(es)
Phyllis Annesley's Peril 1 exemplar(es)
The Green Check Jacket 1 exemplar(es)
The Trail Of Behemoth 1 exemplar(es)
Mr. Ponting's Alibi 1 exemplar(es)
The Naturalist At Law 1 exemplar(es)
The Stalking Horse 1 exemplar(es)
The Mandarin's Pearl 1 exemplar(es)
The Stranger's Latchkey 1 exemplar(es)
The Old Lag 1 exemplar(es)
Dödslågan 1 exemplar(es)
L'‰occhio di Osiride (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
Dobrodruhem z donucení (1996) 1 exemplar(es)
I misteri del Dr. Thorndyke (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
When Rogues Fall Out 1 exemplar(es)
Punane pöidlajälg (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Crime no parque (1995) 1 exemplar(es)
Dr. Thorndyke Collection 1 exemplar(es)
The Silkworms of Florence (2009) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) — Introdução, algumas edições2,916 cópias
English Country House Murders (1989) — Contribuinte — 485 cópias
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Contribuinte — 399 cópias
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Early Detective Stories (1970) — Contribuinte — 314 cópias
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime (2009) — Contribuinte, algumas edições180 cópias
Blood on the Tracks (2018) — Contribuinte — 178 cópias
Capital Crimes: London Mysteries (2015) — Contribuinte — 161 cópias
Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries (2015) — Contribuinte — 150 cópias
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contribuinte — 135 cópias
Great Detective Stories (Watermill Classics) (1986) — Contribuinte — 111 cópias
Serpents in Eden: Countryside Crimes (2016) — Contribuinte — 107 cópias
Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves (2019) — Contribuinte — 86 cópias
The Measure of Malice: Scientific Mysteries (2019) — Contribuinte — 81 cópias
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (1985) — Contribuinte — 80 cópias
Crime and Mystery Short Stories (2016) — Contribuinte — 73 cópias
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000) — Contribuinte — 69 cópias
14 Great Detective Stories (1949) — Contribuinte — 58 cópias
Tales of Detection (1940) — Contribuinte — 56 cópias
Detective Duos (1997) — Contribuinte — 51 cópias
The Third Omnibus of Crime (1935) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Murder in Midsummer (2019) — Contribuinte — 37 cópias
Fourteen Great Detective Stories (1928) — Contribuinte — 36 cópias
Bodies in the Library: Short Stories (2020) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
The Boy's Book of Great Detective Stories (1938) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Contribuinte; Contribuinte — 32 cópias
Agents & Spies Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
The World's Great Detective Stories (1927) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Famous Stories of Code and Cipher (1965) — Contribuinte — 30 cópias
Murder Takes a Holiday (2020) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935) — Contribuinte — 27 cópias
Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction (1945) — Contribuinte — 27 cópias
Detective Mysteries Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuinte — 26 cópias
In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes (2011) — Contribuinte — 25 cópias
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Contribuinte — 24 cópias
Shot in the Dark (1950) — Contribuinte — 24 cópias
Murder by the Seaside (2022) — Contribuinte — 22 cópias
The Pocket Book of Great Detectives (1941) — Contribuinte — 22 cópias
Great Tales of Detection (1936) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
Great detective stories (1998) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
A Century of Detective Stories (1935) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 7 (1929) — Contribuinte — 17 cópias
Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery (1937) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
Ten Tales of Detection (1967) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
The Second Century of Detective Stories (1938) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
Crime and Detection (1926) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
My Best Detective Story (1931) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
Detection Medley (1939) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Sorte orkideer : 13 korte kriminalromaner (1988) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
The Times' Red Cross Story Book — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
My Funniest Story (1933) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Verdens største detektiver II (1995) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Verdens største detektiver I (1995) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Great Unsolved Crimes (1975) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 2 (1996) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Detective-verhalen — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Fra farezonen (1988) — Autor, algumas edições2 cópias
Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Crime and Detection (Second Series) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Adventure [Vol. 1 No. 3, January 1911] (1911) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Rex Stout Mystery Magazine — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
De bedste kriminalhistorier fra hele verden (1966) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories (1963) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Xmas Thrillers: The Greatest Holiday Mysteries in One Volume (2017) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Sixteen On: An Anthology of Railway Stories — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Freeman, R. Austin
Nome de batismo
Freeman, Richard Austin
Outros nomes
Jay, Ralph J. (joint pen name with John James Pitcairn)
Ashdown, Clifford (pseudonym with John James Pitcairn)
Data de nascimento
1862-04-11
Data de falecimento
1943-09-28
Local de enterro
Gravesend Cemetery Gravesend, Kent, England
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Local de falecimento
Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Locais de residência
London, England
Gravesend, Kent, England
Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Educação
Middlesex Hospital Medical School
Ocupação
physician
surgeon
novelist
short-story writer
naturalist
surveyor
Relacionamentos
Pitcairn, John J. (collaborator)
Organizações
Middlesex Hospital
Holloway Prison
Port of London
Colonial Service
Royal Army Medical Corps
Premiações
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (1886)
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (1886)
Aviso de desambiguação
R. Austin Freeman also wrote books with John James Pitcairn under the joint pseudonym Clifford Ashdown, some of which have now been re-issued under Freeman's name. Please do not combine Ashdown with Freeman. Thank you.

Membros

Resenhas

An entertaining collection of golden age mysteries, particularly those featuring Dr. Thorndyke.
 
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M_Clark | Feb 7, 2024 |
I like the old school mysteries from time to time. Not earth-shattering but clever plots written nicely.
 
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AliceAnna | outras 5 resenhas | Jul 16, 2023 |
3.5*

While the 'who' in this case seemed quite obvious to me, the 'how' baffled me. I got the strong feeling that Freeman's mysteries will mostly focus on the method of the crime (which is okay with me!).
 
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leslie.98 | outras 9 resenhas | Jun 27, 2023 |
While I enjoyed this 4th book in the Dr. Thorndyke series, it seemed unlikely to me that Jervis (who first enters Dr. Thorndyke's employment during the course of the book) couldn't make some connections that struck me as obvious such as his patient Graves had a specific type of injury to his right eye and Jeffery Blackmore had an injury to one of his eyes!.
 
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leslie.98 | outras 7 resenhas | Jun 27, 2023 |

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Obras
177
Also by
78
Membros
2,552
Popularidade
#10,059
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Resenhas
123
ISBNs
537
Idiomas
11
Favorito
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