The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
"The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a collection of detective short stories first published in The Royal Magazine in 1901. The stories feature an unnamed armchair detective who solves sensational crimes from his seat in a London tea-room, relating his deductions to a female journalist while tying knots in string. Unlike conventional detectives, he never brings criminals to justice, merely identifying them through logic and newspaper
accounts. The final story hints that the Old Man himself may be a criminal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947 |
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| Title | The Old Man in the Corner |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Corner |
| Credits | Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories, English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 10556 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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