| Hetty Wesley by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Fiction, Mysteries, Espionage & Detective Stories Contributor(s): Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas (Author), Q. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606644203 ISBN-13: 9781606644201 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, who sometimes wrote as "Q," was a writer with tremendous range. Some of his work is what you'd expect from someone of Oscar Wilde's social class (though, if he had Wilde's talent, he'd have endured a lot more thoroughly than he has) -- quaintly quietly social stories from a member of the English gentry. Some of it (more successfully, we'd say) seems to ape Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure works, like "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." "Hetty Wesley" is somewhere between those two poles: it's a mystery, the tale of an Englishman who's worked a lifetime in India -- and vanished on the voyage home. We like it, a lot. We think you will, too. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas: - "Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863 - 1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250-1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy. His Oxford Book of English Verse was a favorite of John Mortimer's fictional character Horace Rumpole." |