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Los casos de John Thorndyke
Este primer trabajo de Richard Austin Freeman se publicó por primera vez en 1909.
Los casos de John Thorndyke es una colección de historias de Freeman sobre crimen y misterio. La primera historia con su conocido protagonista, el doctor Thorndyke, un investigador forense médico-legal, se publicó en 1907 y, aunque las primeras obras de Freeman fueron vistas como simples homenajes a su contemporáneo, sir Arthur Conan Doyle, desarrolló rápidamente su propio estilo. Se muestran los métodos científicos y deductivos empleados por el detective para resolver los misterios.
En esta obra aparecen los siguientes ocho relatos:I. El hombre de los zapatos claveteados
II. El llavín del extranjero
III. El antropólogo completo
IV. La lentejuela azul
V. El código moabita
VI. La perla del mandarín
VII. La daga de aluminio
VIII. Un mensaje desde lo profundo del mar
Los casos de John Thorndyke es una colección de historias de Freeman sobre crimen y misterio. La primera historia con su conocido protagonista, el doctor Thorndyke, un investigador forense médico-legal, se publicó en 1907 y, aunque las primeras obras de Freeman fueron vistas como simples homenajes a su contemporáneo, sir Arthur Conan Doyle, desarrolló rápidamente su propio estilo. Se muestran los métodos científicos y deductivos empleados por el detective para resolver los misterios.
En esta obra aparecen los siguientes ocho relatos:I. El hombre de los zapatos claveteados
II. El llavín del extranjero
III. El antropólogo completo
IV. La lentejuela azul
V. El código moabita
VI. La perla del mandarín
VII. La daga de aluminio
VIII. Un mensaje desde lo profundo del mar
203 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1909
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About the author
R. Austin Freeman
602 books86 followersRichard Freeman was born in Soho, London on 11 April 1862, the son of Ann Maria (nee Dunn) and Richard Freeman, a tailor. He was originally named Richard, and later added the Austin to his name.
He became a medical trainee at Middlesex Hospital Medical College, and was accepted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
He married Annie Elizabeth Edwards in 1887; they had two sons. After a few weeks of married life, the couple found themselves in Accra on the Gold Coast, where he was assistant surgeon. His time in Africa produced plenty of hard work, very little money and ill health, so much so that after seven years he was invalided out of the service in 1891. He wrote his first book, 'Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman', which was published in 1898. It was critically acclaimed but made very little money.
On his return to England he set up an eye/ear/nose/throat practice, but in due course his health forced him to give up medicine, although he did have occasional temporary posts, and in World War I he was in the ambulance corps.
He became a writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. The first of the books in the series was 'The Red Thumb Mark' (1907). His first published crime novel was 'The Adventures of Romney Pringle' (1902) and was a collaborative effort published under the pseudonym Clifford Ashdown. Within a few years he was devoting his time to full-time writing.
With the publication of 'The Singing Bone' (1912) he invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Thereafter he used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
He died in Gravesend on 28 September 1943.
He became a medical trainee at Middlesex Hospital Medical College, and was accepted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
He married Annie Elizabeth Edwards in 1887; they had two sons. After a few weeks of married life, the couple found themselves in Accra on the Gold Coast, where he was assistant surgeon. His time in Africa produced plenty of hard work, very little money and ill health, so much so that after seven years he was invalided out of the service in 1891. He wrote his first book, 'Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman', which was published in 1898. It was critically acclaimed but made very little money.
On his return to England he set up an eye/ear/nose/throat practice, but in due course his health forced him to give up medicine, although he did have occasional temporary posts, and in World War I he was in the ambulance corps.
He became a writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. The first of the books in the series was 'The Red Thumb Mark' (1907). His first published crime novel was 'The Adventures of Romney Pringle' (1902) and was a collaborative effort published under the pseudonym Clifford Ashdown. Within a few years he was devoting his time to full-time writing.
With the publication of 'The Singing Bone' (1912) he invented the inverted detective story (a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective's attempt to solve the mystery). Thereafter he used some of his early experiences as a colonial surgeon in his novels.
A large proportion of the Dr Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.
He died in Gravesend on 28 September 1943.
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January 26, 2022
Segundo que leo, después de La huella roja, y me encantan. Este es una recopilación de narradores breves, en total ocho historias, cada una de ellas muy buena, Thorndyke es muy resolutivo, de no ser por él habrían bastantes inocentes entre rejas.
El relato es en primera persona, por Jervis, el ayudante de Thorndyke lo que da ese punto de estar ignorando lo que está haciendo el protagonista, y hace más interesante la solución del caso.
Thorndyke no es un inspector al uso, se trata de un médico jurídico, trabaja ambos métodos.
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El relato es en primera persona, por Jervis, el ayudante de Thorndyke lo que da ese punto de estar ignorando lo que está haciendo el protagonista, y hace más interesante la solución del caso.
Thorndyke no es un inspector al uso, se trata de un médico jurídico, trabaja ambos métodos.
Valoración 10/10
Leído enero 2022
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