Avery Hopwood (1882–1928)
Autor(a) de The Bat
About the Author
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Obras de Avery Hopwood
Sadie Love 1 exemplar(es)
The alarm clock;: A comedy in 3 acts 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Famous Plays of Crime and Detection, from Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street (1946) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Hopwood, James Avery
- Data de nascimento
- 1882-05-28
- Data de falecimento
- 1928-07-01
- Local de enterro
- Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Juan-les-Pins, France
- Educação
- Western Reserve University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1905) - Ocupação
- playwright
Membros
Resenhas
The Bat de Mary Roberts Rinehart
mysterious prowler attacks house rented by indomitable spinster
I could see the Murder by Death crowd acting out this farce. It had every cliche in the book. In fact, this probably WAS the book that all the cliches came from. Locked rooms, Japanese inscrutable butlers, mysterious murders, an old lady sleuth, a forbidden love affair, a bank robbery, a faked death, a country house, and lots of lights going on and off with thunder and rain. And that was in the first three chapters.
Book group chose this 1920 work.
It was a good little mystery with the feeling of masterpiece theater
throughout.
No need for multiple settings.
I marveled at some of the word choices....such as sepulchrally and terrorization
and sauvitity...
The butler (Japanese) was addressed frequently in a manner with which I was uncomfortable.
Smoking was rampant throughout.
It was a "drug the doctor (Wells) forbade his patients but prescribes for himself"
I can't see that flying today.
And........It was a story with an actual plot and no sexual overtones needed...
All in all...
It was an interesting look into the world of suspense circa 1920.… (mais)
It was a good little mystery with the feeling of masterpiece theater
throughout.
No need for multiple settings.
I marveled at some of the word choices....such as sepulchrally and terrorization
and sauvitity...
The butler (Japanese) was addressed frequently in a manner with which I was uncomfortable.
Smoking was rampant throughout.
It was a "drug the doctor (Wells) forbade his patients but prescribes for himself"
I can't see that flying today.
And........It was a story with an actual plot and no sexual overtones needed...
All in all...
It was an interesting look into the world of suspense circa 1920.… (mais)
10. The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart (read in 1935 or 1936) I was pretty young when I read this but I liked it much.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 317
- Popularidade
- #74,565
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 65
