The Breaking Point - Couverture souple

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809501147 ISBN 13 : 9780809501144

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2006

Synopsis

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was an American author of hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Many of her books and plays, such as The Bat (1920) were adapted for movies. While many of her books were best-sellers, critics were most appreciative of her murder mysteries. She also coined the famous phrase "The butler did it."

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Mary Robert Rinehart was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Her father was a frustrated inventor and throughout her childhood the family often had financial problems. She was left-handed at a time when that was considered inappropriate and she was trained to use her right hand instead. She attended public school and graduated at the age of sixteen. She went on to the Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses at Homeopathic Hospital where she graduated in 1896. She described the experience as , "All teh Tragedy of the world under one roof." After graduation she married Stanley Marshall Rinehart, a physician whom she met there. They had three sons: Stanley Jr., Frederick, and Alan. Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Many of her books and plays such as The Bat (1920), The Bat Whispers (1930) where adapted for the movies.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809501147
• ISBN 13: 9780809501144
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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