The Lock And Key Library The Most Interesting Stories Of All Nations American

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release : 2023-08-30
File : 513 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783387016857


The Lock And Key Library The Most Interesting Stories Of All Nations American

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Коллектив авторов
Publisher : Litres
Release : 2021-12-02
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ISBN-13 : 9785040932467


The Lock And Key Library

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Author : Julian Hawthorne
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Release : 1915
File : 382 Pages
ISBN-13 : IOWA:31858009807052


The Lock And Key Library The Most Interesting Stories Of All Nations French

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The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French by Julian Hawthorne: This captivating anthology curated by Julian Hawthorne brings together a selection of the most intriguing and enchanting French stories from various periods and authors. From classic tales to lesser-known gems, "The Lock and Key Library" offers readers a glimpse into the rich tapestry of French literature, showcasing the creativity and imagination of French storytellers. Key Aspects of the Book "The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations: French": A Cross-Section of French Literature: The anthology offers a diverse range of stories that represent different styles, genres, and eras of French literature. French Culture and Imagination: The stories provide insights into French culture, history, and the unique perspectives of French authors. Translator's Skill: Julian Hawthorne's translation skills allow English-speaking readers to savor the essence and beauty of the original French stories. Julian Hawthorne was an American writer and literary critic born in 1846. He was the son of famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Julian Hawthorne was known for his work as an editor and compiler of literary anthologies, including "The Lock and Key Library," which aimed to introduce readers to diverse literary traditions from around the world.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Release : 2021-01-18
File : 294 Pages
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The Most Interesting Stories Of All Nations American

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The fact is, meanwhile, that, in the riddle story, the detective was an afterthought, or, more accurately, a deus ex machina to make the story go. The riddle had to be unriddled; and who could do it so naturally and readily as a detective? The detective, as Poe saw him, was a means to this end; and it was only afterwards that writers perceived his availability as a character. Lecoq accordingly becomes a figure in fiction, and Sherlock, while he was as yet a novelty, was nearly as attractive as the complications in which he involved himself. Riddle-story writers in general, however, encounter the obvious embarrassment that their detective is obliged to lavish so much attention on the professional services which the exigencies of the tale demand of him, that he has very little leisure to expound his own personal equation—the rather since the attitude of peering into a millstone is not, of itself, conducive to elucidations of oneself; the professional endowment obscures all the others. We ordinarily find, therefore, our author dismissing the individuality of his detective with a few strong black-chalk outlines, and devoting his main labor upon what he feels the reader will chiefly occupy his own ingenuity with,— namely, the elaboration of the riddle itself. Reader and writer sit down to a game, as it were, with the odds, of course, altogether on the latter's side,—apart from the fact that a writer sometimes permits himself a little cheating. It more often happens that the detective appears to be in the writer's pay, and aids the deception by leading the reader off on false scents. Be that as it may, the professional sleuth is in nine cases out of ten a dummy by malice prepense; and it might be plausibly argued that, in the interests of pure art, that is what he ought to be. But genius always finds a way that is better than the rules, and I think it will be found that the very best riddle stories contrive to drive character and riddle side by side, and to make each somehow enhance the effect of the other.—The intention of the above paragraph will be more precisely conveyed if I include under the name of detective not only the man from the central office, but also anybody whom the writer may, for ends of his own, consider better qualified for that function. The latter is a professional detective so far as the exigencies of the tale are concerned, and what becomes of him after that nobody need care,—there is no longer anything to prevent his becoming, in his own right, the most fascinating of mankind.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Release : 2020-09-28
File : 508 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781465592163


The Lock And Key Library American By The Waters Of Paradise

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Genre : Detective and mystery stories
Author : Julian Hawthorne
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Release : 1909
File : 378 Pages
ISBN-13 : UGA:32108003243527


The Most Interesting Stories Of All Nations Real Life

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There is one very clever "test" that is sometimes performed which would seem to show that something of this sort IS accomplished. It is, however, nothing more than an ingenious trick, and this might be a good time to explain its modus operandi. The general effect of the illusion is this: The medium requests some one to assist him in an experiment in which he is going to attempt to pass "matter through matter." As the test is one in which a confederate might easily be employed, he is very careful to choose some person who is well known, or whose character is above all suspicion. If this were not so, the entire effect of the test would be lost upon the investigators. Having secured his assistant, he hands him, for examination, a solid steel ring, just large enough to slip on and off the hand and arm easily. The ring is perfectly solid, and may be examined by anyone desirous of doing so. When this part of the performance is finished, the medium and his sitter then join or clasp their right hands (as in handshaking), and the sitter is instructed not to release the hand for a single instant. To "make assurance doubly sure," however, the hands are fastened together in any way the sitters may desire; the hands being tied together with tape, e. g., and the ends of this tape tied and the knots sealed. The tape connects the wrists and the hands of the medium and his sitter, and this tying may be made as secure as possible. A piece of thick cloth is now thrown over the two hands and the lower part of the arms, concealing them from view. With his disengaged hand the medium now takes the iron ring and passes it up under the cloth, so as to bring it in contact with his own arm. He holds it there for some time, but ultimately snatches off the covering cloth, and reveals to the eyes of the astonished audience the ring- -now encircling his own arm—in spite of the fact that the ties are still in statu quo, and the sitter never let go his hold for an instant. The ties and the ring may again be examined, if desired, before the hands are separated.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Release : 2020-09-28
File : 288 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781465592187


Dictionary Catalog Of The Research Libraries Of The New York Public Library 1911 1971

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Genre : Library catalogs
Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Release : 1979
File : 592 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015082985642


The Lock And Key Library Russian Danish Swedish Hungarian

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Genre : Detective and mystery stories
Author : Julian Hawthorne
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Release : 1909
File : 382 Pages
ISBN-13 : UFL:31262074258038


American Stories

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Genre : Short stories
Author : Louis Edwin Van Norman
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Release : 1913
File : 378 Pages
ISBN-13 : WISC:89001181973