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Edgar Wallace
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British crime writer, journalist and playwright (1875–1932)
Edgar Wallace was a prolific British writer, journalist, and playwright from 1875 to 1932 who became famous for creating crime and detective stories. His work was enormously popular during his lifetime and helped establish many conventions of the modern crime fiction genre that readers still enjoy today.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 April 1875
- Died
- 10 February 1932
- Works
- 1948
Top works
- The face in the night
- The day of uniting
- When the gangs came to London
- The India rubber men
- The thief in the night
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- 4,866
- Total plays
- 428,770
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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. His plays were translated in 77 languages. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Edgar+Wallace">Read
Quotes
- “Dreamin' of thee! Dreamin' of thee!”
- “I never did believe in the equality of the sexes, but no girl is the weaker vessel if she gets first grip of the kitchen poker.”
- “The day Mr. Reeder arrived at the Public Prosecutors' Office was indeed a day of fate for Mr. Lambton Green, Branch manager of the London Scottish and Midland Bank.”
- “Her uncle drove a taxi which he had purchased on the 'never never' system. You pay $80 down and more than you can afford for the rest of your life.”
- “What is a highbrow? He is a man who has found something more interesting than women.”
- “Twas Beauty that killed the beast!”
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- edgarwallace.org
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- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1875-04-01
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- 1932-02-10
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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder & Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.