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►►► "The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness Emma Orczy ◀◀◀ Get the ebook as standalone Android app, no additional reader required! Word count: 69,689 words (≈ about 5 hours) Published in: 1908 Categorie(s): Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Traditional British The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Emma Orczy: Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man In the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic "penny dreadful" newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit. He narrates all this information, while tying complicated knots in a piece of string, to a female Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. They enjoy an antagonistic relationship, as the Journalist attempts to cut the Old Man's ego down to size and the Old Man trumps her every time. About Baroness Emma Orczy: Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi (23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Novels: The Emperor's Candlesticks, In Mary's Reign, The Scarlet Pimpernel, By the Gods Beloved, I Will Repay, A Son of the People, Beau Brocade. We hope you will enjoy The Old Man in the Cornery by Baroness Emma Orczy ebook!
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