Robert Barr 
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont [EPUB ebook] 

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The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont (1906) brings together tales of the multifarious exploits of Robert Barr’s elegant and cunning sleuth, Valmont, a brilliantly ironic parody of Sherlock Holmes. Exhibiting the crucial combination of realism and imagination that characterizes the finest crime writing, the stories exude playfulness and wit, blending mystery and quasi-Gothic thrills with humorous detours and romantic adventure. A notable figure in turn-of-the-century literary London and a friend of Conan Doyle, Barr was acutely aware of style as a form of statement and the stories are full of literary effects, commentary on the detective mystery genre, and Valmont’s disparaging reflections on English values. From the hilarious satire of sensationalism in ‘The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower’ to the bizarre and operatic melodrama of ‘The Ghost with the Club-Foot’, Barr’s stories delight the reader with their skill, variety, and never-abandoned sense of spirited fun. This edition also includes Barr’s two rare pastiches of Valmont’s rival, Sherlock Holmes.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 362 ● ISBN 9781537818528 ● Tamanho do arquivo 0.6 MB ● Editora Jovian Press ● Cidade Vachendorf ● País DE ● Publicado 2018 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 5583073 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social

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