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03-03-2010, 04:16 AM | #1 |
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Biggers, Earl Derr: Charlie Chan Omnibus. v6. 15 Sep 2014
An omnibus edition of the "Charlies Chan" detective stories of Earl Derr Biggers. This volume contains the following books:
1. The House Without a Key 2. The Chinese Parrot 3. Behind that Curtain 4. The Black Camel 5. Charlie Chan Carries On 6. Keeper of the Keys If your view of Charlie Chan comes from the dozens of very bad, semi-comic movies made in the 1940s and 50s, then read these books and you're in for a pleasant surprise. The books have extremely well-crafted plots ("The Chinese Parrot" is my personal favourite) and are well worth reading. Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, was modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu. Enjoy! Please note that:
EDIT: 11 Jun 07 The 5th book in the series, "Charlie Chan Carries On", has now appeared on PG Australia so, as promised, I've added it to the omnibus and uploaded v2. Although it says it's an "Abridged Edition" I think, looking at the file size, that the abridgement is minor. Obviously if an "unabridged" version appears, I'll replace it. EDIT: 21 May 08 Recreated the omnibus with much improved layout and formatting, to fix a problem with poor layout and incorrect paragraph breaks. Uploaded v3. EDIT: 22 May 09 MR user "Bones" has been kind enough to supply an unabridged version of "Charlie Chan Carries On" so, as promised, here's a new version of the omnibus with the unabridged version of that book. The new version is about a third longer than the previous, abridged, version of the book. Uploaded v4. EDIT: 3 Mar 10 Cleaned up the HTML code. Minor formatting improvements. Added a new cover image. Uploaded v5. EDIT: 15 Sep 14 Thoroughly proof-read. Straight quotes changed to curly quotes. Many errors corrected. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you spot any remaining errors. Uploaded v6. Previous download count: 1601 This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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Thanks very much! I had a book with a collection of these stories, but it's packed away in a box somewhere I haven't reread them in years.
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I finished The House Without a Key last night. Very lightweight, but a real page-turner nevertheless.
It reminded me of a Mr. Moto story I read thirty years ago. Does anyone know if the Mr. Moto stories were written because of the success of the Charlie Chan stories? As I recall, the Mr. Moto stories were serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. It may be that they were written at the Post's request. |
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just wanted to thank Harry T for the Charlie Chan postings.
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Many thanks. I've never read any of these, only seen the films, but it fits right in with my reading choice.
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Thanks Harry
(Yes, I remember those, not that old back then, TV movies ) |
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Thoroughly proof-read. Straight quotes changed to curly quotes. Many errors corrected. I would now regard this as a finished product, so please let me know if you spot any remaining errors. Uploaded v6.
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Thanks Harry!
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You're very welcome, but please do note that, as stated, this book is not in the public domain in the US.
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Thanks for the share!
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