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    The Old Man in the Corner
    The Old Man in the Corner
    The Old Man in the Corner
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    The Old Man in the Corner

    By Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1977
    The Old Man in the Corner
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    Baroness Emmuska Orczy

    Baroness Emma Orczy (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.

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    • 4/5
      While lunching at the A.B.C. Shop, an old man sitting in the corner strikes up a conversation with reporter Polly Burton. Over time he narrates twelve mysteries which have confounded the police and offers his solutions.
      An enjoyable, varied selection of short stories, each one easily read in fifteen minutes which were first published in 1908.
      A NetGalley Book
    • 2/5
      This was under the "Detective" bookshelf on Gutenberg, but it's not quite so. Our lady reporter protagonist makes an odd acquaintance who fills her in on his theories of recent crimes. It's satisfying in that the twist to each one is moderately novel and well-explained. Though I'm all up for question-mark endings, it's nice to get a bunch of stories wrapped in a bow (including a fun surprise bow at the end).

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