Hi all,
I'm assuming this is the right place to discuss books.
I've seen a few excellent public domain books that I just wanted to
mention in case others might care to give them a look:
"Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Orczy
I got the notion of reading this via a 1970's BBC series called "The
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Well done TV program. The Baroness, who is
much better known for "The Scarlet Pimpernel," can certainly write an entertaining mystery story and Lady Molly is a great detective.
"The Dorrington Deed-Box" by Arthur Morrison
Another one picked up from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Rather
interesting if for no other reason than the central character in the
stories is, well, pretty much a scoundrel who passes himself off as a detective.
"Max Carrados" by Ernst Bramah
I'm sure some of you are spotting a trend--yet another one discovered
from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". I have to hand it to Victorian
authors; they had a wide breadth of creative and novel approaches to the detective story. In this case the detective, Max Carrados, is blind but
he's as good at his job as any sighted detective.
"The New Arabian Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson
This one I discovered via Golden Age radio. There were several dramatizations of the first story in this book "The Suicide Club" and
since I found the story so compelling as drama I decided to read the
book it came from. A good decision on my part.
Anyone else have suggestions for good public domain reading?
On 2023-09-15, Onorio Catenacci <onorio.catenacci.3@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm assuming this is the right place to discuss books.
I've seen a few excellent public domain books that I just wanted to
mention in case others might care to give them a look:
"Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Orczy
I got the notion of reading this via a 1970's BBC series called "The
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Well done TV program. The Baroness, who is
much better known for "The Scarlet Pimpernel," can certainly write an
entertaining mystery story and Lady Molly is a great detective.
"The Dorrington Deed-Box" by Arthur Morrison
Another one picked up from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Rather
interesting if for no other reason than the central character in the
stories is, well, pretty much a scoundrel who passes himself off as a
detective.
"Max Carrados" by Ernst Bramah
I'm sure some of you are spotting a trend--yet another one discovered
from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". I have to hand it to Victorian
authors; they had a wide breadth of creative and novel approaches to the
detective story. In this case the detective, Max Carrados, is blind but
he's as good at his job as any sighted detective.
"The New Arabian Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson
This one I discovered via Golden Age radio. There were several
dramatizations of the first story in this book "The Suicide Club" and
since I found the story so compelling as drama I decided to read the
book it came from. A good decision on my part.
Anyone else have suggestions for good public domain reading?
Just as you say, and I should also mention "http://gutenberg.org" as a
place to find such books.
On 9/15/23 5:34 AM, maus wrote:
On 2023-09-15, Onorio Catenacci <onorio.catenacci.3@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm assuming this is the right place to discuss books.
book it came from. A good decision on my part.
Anyone else have suggestions for good public domain reading?
Just as you say, and I should also mention "http://gutenberg.org" as a
place to find such books.
Good point Maus! I should probably have included links. :-)
On 2023-09-15, Onorio Catenacci<onorio.catenacci.3@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm assuming this is the right place to discuss books.
I've seen a few excellent public domain books that I just wanted to
mention in case others might care to give them a look:
"Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Orczy
I got the notion of reading this via a 1970's BBC series called "The
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Well done TV program. The Baroness, who is
much better known for "The Scarlet Pimpernel," can certainly write an entertaining mystery story and Lady Molly is a great detective.
"The Dorrington Deed-Box" by Arthur Morrison
Another one picked up from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Rather
interesting if for no other reason than the central character in the stories is, well, pretty much a scoundrel who passes himself off as a detective.
"Max Carrados" by Ernst Bramah
I'm sure some of you are spotting a trend--yet another one discovered
from "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". I have to hand it to Victorian
authors; they had a wide breadth of creative and novel approaches to the detective story. In this case the detective, Max Carrados, is blind but he's as good at his job as any sighted detective.
"The New Arabian Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson
This one I discovered via Golden Age radio. There were several dramatizations of the first story in this book "The Suicide Club" and
since I found the story so compelling as drama I decided to read the
book it came from. A good decision on my part.
Anyone else have suggestions for good public domain reading?
Just as you say, and I should also mention "http://gutenberg.org" as a
place to find such books.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:34:28 -0700, maus wrote:
On 2023-09-15, Onorio Catenacci<onorio.catenacci.3@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:archive.org is my first choice followed by
Hi all,
I'm assuming this is the right place to discuss books.
I've seen a few excellent public domain books that I just wanted to
mention in case others might care to give them a look:
"Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" by Baroness Orczy
I got the notion of reading this via a 1970's BBC series called "The
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes". Well done TV program. The Baroness, who is
much better known for "The Scarlet Pimpernel," can certainly write an
entertaining mystery story and Lady Molly is a great detective.
"The Dorrington Deed-Box" by Arthur Morrison
books.google.com
They have facsimiles of books and magazines
that have never been reprinted since the original
copies.
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