Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
Author of The Four Just Men
About the Author
Among the most prolific of all authors of adventure fiction was the redoubtable Edgar Wallace. Born in London, Wallace received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School. Wallace served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and later as part of the Medical Staff Corps show more stationed in South Africa. During World War I, Wallace acted as a special interrogator for the War Office. As was the case with a number of successful popular authors, Wallace experienced a rich and diverse life before turning to professional writing. From 1886 to the 1930s, he worked in a printing shop, a shoe shop, and a rubber factory, and served as a merchant sailor and milk deliverer. Beginning in 1899, Wallace became a journalist and wrote variously for the London Daily Mail and the Rand Daily News, among others; he also worked with the racing periodicals, having founded two of them---Bibury's Weekly and R. E. Walton's Weekly. Like Sax Rohmer, Wallace earned a fortune from his writings, yet, because of a lack of business sense and a tendency to overspend, he died in debt. A prodigious writer of fiction, Wallace published, over the course of his professional life, some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. Many of his adventure narratives featured elements of crime or mystery, but they all thrived on action. Although Wallace's handling of plot was superb and he was respected for his ability to blend suspense with humor, he was less successful with his characters, who tended to be two-dimensional and stereotyped. One of his early crime adventures, The Four Just Men (1906), introduced what was to become a trademark for Wallace---lurid sensationalism coupled with dramatic violence. Wallace published in a wide range of genres, including poetry, short fiction, autobiography, and epic political history. Regrettably, much of what he wrote has lapsed into obscurity today. As sometimes is the problem with popular fiction, perhaps it was too hurriedly written---too intimately connected with its contemporary audience---to stand the ultimate test of time. But Wallace's work was highly influential, especially in the American pulp magazine markets of the Great Depression, and stands today, despite its many flaws, as some of the most effective literary adventures ever written. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Edgar Wallace
Selected Novels (The Four Just Men / Sanders of the River / The Angel of Terror / The Dark Eyes of London / The Ringer… (1985) 11 copies
The Four Just Men / Eve's Island / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Man Who Knew (1985) 9 copies
The Complete Works of Edgar Wallace: The ultimate collections of mystery & detective thrillers from the prolific… (2015) 8 copies
The Flying Squad / The Coat of Arms / The Traitor's Gate / The Clue of the Silver Key / The Squealer (1973) 6 copies
The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Door with Seven Locks / The Northing Tramp / The Man at the Carlton / White Face (1961) 5 copies
The Casebooks of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Book 2 (Red Aces, The Guv'nor, The Man Who Passed) (2008) 5 copies
The Collected Works of Edgar Wallace: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (English… (2015) 5 copies
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 1 (The Four Just Men, The Council of Justice, The Just Men of Cordova) (2008) 5 copies
Eve's Island / Kate, Plus 10 / The Crimson Circle / Double Dan / The Avenger / The Fellowship of the Frog / The Joker (1993) 4 copies
The Crimson Circle / Number Six / Red Aces / Kennedy the Con Man / The Case of Joe Attymar (1983) 4 copies
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine 4 copies
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 3 (Silinski: Master Criminal & White Face) (2011) 4 copies
The New Mammoth Mystery Book: Three Complete Novels (The Four Just Men - The Secret House - The Man Who Knew) (1920) 4 copies
As melhores obras policiais 3 copies
The Stretelli Case / In Thrall / Killer Kay / Der Selbstmörder / Circumstantial Evidence (2015) 3 copies
The Edgar Wallace Police Van: four complete police novels in one volume [The Green Archer; The Forger; The Double; The… (1930) 3 copies
The Door with Seven Locks / White Face / The Man at the Carlton / The Clue of the Twisted Candle / The Day of Uniting (1985) 3 copies
90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The Daffodil Mystery, The Angel of Terror, The Crimson Circle,… (2015) 2 copies
Gesammelte Kriminalromane und Detektivgeschichten: 69 Titel in einem Buch: Gangster in London Der Doppelgänger Das… (2015) 2 copies
Edgar Wallace-Krimis: 78 Titel in einem Band: Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten: Der Doppelgänger, Das Gesicht im… (2016) 2 copies
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 2 (The Twister & The India-Rubber Men) (2011) 2 copies
The Edgar Wallace Collection: 26 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 2 copies
Halley's Comet, the Cowboy, and Lord Dorrington: A Curious Story with a Cumbersome Title (1910) 2 copies
King Kong 1 copy
Medicinman och kungamakare 1 copy
The Square Emerald / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / We Shall See! / Red Aces / The Forger (1959) 1 copy
A King by Night / Penelope of the "Polyantha" / The Door with Seven Locks / The Double (1991) 1 copy
The Human Monster 1 copy
The War of the Nations : A History of the Great European Conflict : February 12 1916 : Vol 7 No 77 1 copy
Gospel-Truth Mortimer 1 copy
Skleněný Tresor 1 copy
Clarence - Private 1 copy
Svart magi 1 copy
Trapaceiros em Alto mar 1 copy
Omnibusbogen — Author — 1 copy
12 Hörspiele 1 copy
The Standard History of the War, Volume 2: Ypres-Armentieres - The Battle for the Coast (1915) 1 copy
The War of the Nations A History of the Great European Conflict February 5 1916 : Vol 7 No 76 (1916) 1 copy
O tranbiqueiro 1 copy
A morte procura um Homem 1 copy
Gangsters 1 copy
Tajemný Dan 1 copy
החמסן : רומן בלשי 1 copy
עניבת החנק 1 copy
The Flying Squad [annotated] 1 copy
Edgar Wallace: 69 Kriminalromane & Detektivgeschichten in einem Band: Gangster in London Der Doppelgänger Das indische… (2017) 1 copy
Vzkříšení masky (1929) 1 copy
Padesát pět (1929) 1 copy
A MÃO DO DIABO 1 copy
Spekulation i baisse 1 copy
The Black and Other Stories 1 copy
Keepers of the Treasure 1 copy
Tam de aviateur 1 copy
Tam 1 copy
Wallace Edgar 1 copy
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 1 (Sanders of the River & The People of the River) (2011) 1 copy
The Man from Morocco / The Melody of Death / The Million Dollar Story / The Northing Tramp / Penelope of the… (1966) 1 copy
Spanske fången 1 copy
Xmas Thrillers: The Greatest Holiday Mysteries in One Volume: What the Shepherd Saw, A Policeman's Business, The… (2017) 1 copy
The Complete Four Just Men: Volume 2 (The Law of the Four Just Men & The Three Just Men) (2008) 1 copy
[Works] 1 copy
Kriminalgeschichten 1 copy
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 5 (Sandi, the King-Maker & Bones of the River) (2011) 1 copy
Sanders & Bones: The African Adventures, 2 (The River of Stars & Bosambo of the River) (2011) 1 copy
Den dödes check 1 copy
Novelas de terror 1 copy
Alarmklockan 1 copy
Slane-mysteriet 1 copy
MYSTERY LEAGUE (21 VOLUMES) 1 copy
Gonsalez & C:o 1 copy
Hans annet jeg 1 copy
P G reader 1 copy
Four Square Jane, Book 1 1 copy
Jeden se zmýlil 1 copy
La caída de Mr Reader 1 copy
Elk of the Yard: The Criminal Cases of Inspector Elk, Volume 1 (The Fellowship of the Frog & The Joker) (2011) 1 copy
The Terror / Blue Hand / The Daffodil Mystery / The Crimson Circle / The Lady of Ascot (2009) 1 copy
Edgar Wallace Collection 1 copy
OLUM CICEKLERI 1 copy
The Ringer / When the Gangs Came to London / White Face / The India-Rubber Men / The Man Who Knew 1 copy
A rainha do crime 1 copy
Associated Works
Detective Stories (The Treasure Hunt / The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim / The Necklace of Pearls) (1996) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Dark Eyes of London {film} — Original book — 12 copies
Detective Omnibus — Contributor — 6 copies
Sleuths: Twenty-Three Great Detectives of Fiction and Their Best Stories (1931) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Door With Seven Locks [1940 film] — Original book — 4 copies
The Big book of detective stories — Contributor — 4 copies
Detective-omnibus — Contributor — 3 copies
Vintermysterier — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Contributor — 3 copies
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Contributor — 3 copies
The Fourth Crime Club Omnibus: The Devil Man / Mystery at Friar's Pardon / Death Comes to Perigord / Dead Man's Watch (1937) — Contributor — 2 copies
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine Vol. 02, No. 12: July, 1965 — Contributor — 2 copies
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Contributor — 2 copies
Sixteen On: An Anthology of Railway Stories — Contributor — 1 copy
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contributor — 1 copy
The Door with Seven Locks / Voice Out of Darkness / A Well-Known Face — Contributor — 1 copy
The Squealer: A Radio Play 1 copy
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