tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post1472682127900740978..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Starting in on Grant Allen: A Top TenBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-18767876925177779902018-11-16T18:01:27.250-05:002018-11-16T18:01:27.250-05:00Are they contemporary annotations? I'd have pa...Are they contemporary annotations? I'd have paid extra for those! Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-75107865968263734102018-11-16T02:01:45.307-05:002018-11-16T02:01:45.307-05:00Well, not exactly riveting so far, but a previous ...Well, not exactly riveting so far, but a previous reader has thoughtfully penciled in their guesses at the real identities of the characters mentioned. I am enjoying, but not a lost classic.BeauWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-71926923972551922772018-11-07T17:46:52.739-05:002018-11-07T17:46:52.739-05:00Veros Carleton! You must tell me what you find! I ...Veros Carleton! You must tell me what you find! I didn't get to read my copy of <i>The House of Temptation</i> before packing it away in our recent move. This past weekend, the book was moved again into our temporary rental... <i>but which box?</i><br /><br />That we now live so close to Ottawa only adds to the frustration.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-58840669388506818522018-11-07T17:35:09.798-05:002018-11-07T17:35:09.798-05:00I'm sure it wasn't me whom you bid against...I'm sure it wasn't me whom you bid against for <i>Hilda Wade</i>. I say this though I did get my copy, the first American, through a 2016 eBay auction. My winning bid - which I believe was the only one - was six dollars. My pockets aren't at all deep, and I often fear are full of holes. Must add that the victory reminded me of the eBay of twenty years back, when such deals were common. <br /><br />On a somewhat related note, the Allen I'm currently reading is <i>Miss Cayley's Adventures</i>. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-40933896143138143982018-11-07T14:02:07.260-05:002018-11-07T14:02:07.260-05:00...MILLIONAIRE is a collection of short stories, n......MILLIONAIRE is a collection of short stories, not a novel. I've read only two of them outside of the actual book in other crime fiction anthologies (Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, I think). I've been making a list of the grant Allen crime novels you've highlighted over the years. WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE and RECALLED TO LIFE arouse the most curiosity. A while back encouraged by your rave write up on HILDA WARE <br />I attempted to win a very attractive 1st edition of that book with a very low starting bid in an eBay auction. Sadly, I lost out to someone with deeper pockets than me. Hmm....was it you, by any chance? ;^)J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-15325004068094425442018-11-05T23:16:33.707-05:002018-11-05T23:16:33.707-05:00I've only read The Typewriter Girl but thought...I've only read The Typewriter Girl but thought I had more squirled away. Looks like I don't. Have to keep my eyes open. I've just pulled Veros Carleton from the backlog. Have to suspect I have you to thank for reading it.BeauWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-80785790499702857352018-11-05T16:12:40.114-05:002018-11-05T16:12:40.114-05:00Of course, An African Millionaire! I didn't ev...Of course, <i>An African Millionaire</i>! I didn't even think of it (and haven't read it either). I first learned of <i>The Woman Who Did</i> while researching something unrelated (and forgotten by me) for a Victorian literature class. A true <i>succès de scandale</i> at the time, it looks like it hasn't seen print since Broadview and Oxford, two academic presses, produced editions in the 'nineties. <i>An African Millionaire</i>, on the other hand, is available today as a Penguin Classic. Certainly, it's more likely to be found in Chapters or Barnes & Noble.<br /><br />Now, if I could only encourage a press to reissue <i>The Devil's Die</i>.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-4054222587221800122018-11-05T14:39:29.816-05:002018-11-05T14:39:29.816-05:00Well, I always thought he was best known for AN AF...Well, I always thought he was best known for AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE. But I tend to live in a genre fiction microcosm ("bubble" is probably more accurate, less lofty). I had no idea he had written so much and such varied types of novels.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com