Fergus Hume

eBook, ePUB

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of One Forgotten

Beschreibung

In the early morning darkness, a cab driver picks up a man presumed drunk. Helped into the cab by an unknown gentleman, the man settles into his seat for the ride homeward. In need of direction, the driver attempts to rouse his passenger, only to discover him dead. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a novel by Fergus Hume.

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Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was an English novelist. Born in Worcestershire, Hume was the son of a civil servant of Scottish descent. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he attended Otago Boy's High School. In 1885, after graduating from the University of Otago with a degree in law, Hume was admitted to the New Zealand bar. He moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a clerk and embarked on his career as a writer with a series of plays. After struggling in vain to find success as a playwright, Hume turned to novels with The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), a story of mystery and urban poverty that eventually became one of the most successful works of fiction of the Victorian era. Hume, who returned to England in 1888, would go on to publish over 100 novels and stories, earning a reputation as a leading writer of popular fiction and inspiring such figures as Arthur Conan Doyle, whose early detective novels were modeled after Hume's. Despite the resounding success of his debut work of fiction, Hume died in relative obscurity at a modest cottage in Thundersley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513278834
• Artikelnr.: 61471304