Showing posts with label Novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novel. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 April 2015

The Soul's Destroyer [by W.H Davies]

W.H Davies self-published his first book of poetry, The Soul's Destroyer, in 1905, by means of his own savings. It proved to be the beginning of success and a growing reputation. In order to even get the slim volume published, Davies had to forgo his allowance and live the life of a tramp for six months (with the first draft of the book hidden in his pocket). This is a fine 1910 reprint of The Soul's Destroyer.


Sunday, 12 April 2015

The triumphs of Eugène Valmont [by Robert Barr] (1906)

Robert Barr’s most enduring work was The triumphs of Eugène Valmont (London, 1906), a parody of Conan Doyle’s Holmes and other gentlemanly sleuths in the person of a comically patronizing, self-inflating, and obtuse Gallic detective; several historians of the genre have identified Valmont as a possible model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

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The triumphs of Eugène Valmont [by Robert Barr] (1906)

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