The Doorbell Rang [Nero Wolfe mystery]

by Rex Stout

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Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Canada

225 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Rex Todhunter Stout (1886–1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair).

The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.

Reviews

[Betsy]

This book is a classic work of contemporary sociolinguistics and should be read by anyone interested in the real world ways that immigrant women learn to use language in a new country. My only complaint is that the second edition is really a reprint of the first with the addition of a new introduction by the author and an afterword by Claire Kramsch. These are excellent additions, with commentary on how the first edition led to new avenues for research and theory, but I would have also liked to know more about Norton’s thoughts on the content of the original chapters. While she says in the intro that she didn’t want to change those chapters, she could have added commentary at the end of each or something like that.

[Dawn Nichols]

This is such a well written collection of some of BN’s most important research. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the topic and everyone who needs to learn the value of qualitative research. This should be required reading for future foreign language teachers regardless of which groups they will be working with.

[Aria]

I found this book while I was doing a literature review for my dissertation research on adult ESL students. This book provided lived experiences of adult ESL students in Canada. It's a very interesting book about identity and language use. The qualitative evidence from the studies was clearly described and elaborated. After reading all the stories, I personally felt empowered by the participants' stories. They are inspiring stories!

[Intan]

a well-written book of contemporary sociolinguistics about ways that immigrant women learn to use language in a new country. Tbh, I only read it for the sake of my research project but ended up recommending it to everyone who needs to learn the value of qualitative research. Lots of insight.