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Whom God Hath Sundered #1
In Accordance with Evidence
Pitman sshorthand. I was surprised to find I remembered as much of it as I do, for I dropped it suddenly when A rdiie Merridew died, and Archie sclear, high-pitched voice was the last that ever dictated to me for speed, while I myself have not dictated since Archie took down his last message from my reading. That will be say a dozen years or more ago next A ugust. It may be a little more, or a little less. Nor, since I do not keep it as an anniversary, does the day of the month matter. Either in my rooms or his, we had a good deal of this sort of practise together about that time, young Archie and I treading aloud, taking down and transcribing. I am wrong in speaking of my rooms though; I had only one, a third-floor bedroom near the very noisiest comer of King sG
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at
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First published January 1, 1912
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Oliver Onions
238 books53 followersGeorge Oliver Onions (1873–1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels.
Oliver Onions was born in Bradford in 1873. Although he legally changed his name to George Oliver in 1918, he always published under the name Oliver Onions. Onions originally worked as a commercial artist before turning to writing, and the dust jackets of his earliest works included illustrations painted by Onions himself.
Onions was a prolific writer of short stories and novels and is best remembered today for his ghost stories, the most famous of which is probably ‘The Beckoning Fair One’, originally published in Widdershins (1911). Despite being known today chiefly for his supernatural short fiction, Onions also published more than a dozen novels in a variety of genres, including In Accordance with the Evidence (1912), The Tower of Oblivion (1921), The Hand of Kornelius Voyt (1939), The Story of Ragged Robyn (1945), and Poor Man's Tapestry (1946), which won the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize as the best work of fiction published that year.
Onions was apparently a very private individual, and though admired and well-respected in his time, he appears not to have moved in literary circles, and few personal memoirs of him survive. He spent most of his later life in Wales, where he lived with his wife, Berta Ruck (1878-1978), herself a prolific and popular novelist; they had two sons, Arthur (b. 1912) and William (b. 1913). Oliver Onions died in 1961.
Oliver Onions was born in Bradford in 1873. Although he legally changed his name to George Oliver in 1918, he always published under the name Oliver Onions. Onions originally worked as a commercial artist before turning to writing, and the dust jackets of his earliest works included illustrations painted by Onions himself.
Onions was a prolific writer of short stories and novels and is best remembered today for his ghost stories, the most famous of which is probably ‘The Beckoning Fair One’, originally published in Widdershins (1911). Despite being known today chiefly for his supernatural short fiction, Onions also published more than a dozen novels in a variety of genres, including In Accordance with the Evidence (1912), The Tower of Oblivion (1921), The Hand of Kornelius Voyt (1939), The Story of Ragged Robyn (1945), and Poor Man's Tapestry (1946), which won the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize as the best work of fiction published that year.
Onions was apparently a very private individual, and though admired and well-respected in his time, he appears not to have moved in literary circles, and few personal memoirs of him survive. He spent most of his later life in Wales, where he lived with his wife, Berta Ruck (1878-1978), herself a prolific and popular novelist; they had two sons, Arthur (b. 1912) and William (b. 1913). Oliver Onions died in 1961.
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September 30, 2019
Together with Patrick Hamilton's 'Hangover Square', this wonderfully deadpan novel is top of the class in enabling us to read the story of a murder from the point of view of the murderer. That's no spoiler, as what is going to happen at the climax is flagged up very early in the story - it is not what happens, but how it happens that is the focus of attention. It's not the plot, but the people and theme which matter; and anyone who loves an intelligent, sparely-written and insightful read will love this book.
July 12, 2014
Listed in Ninety Classics of Crime Fiction 1900-1975, ed. Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor. Probably the strangest piece of crime fiction I have ever read. The first page introduces an almost 300 page flashback to 12 years earlier. The narrator is a student at a business college and observes and thinks but does almost nothing. The word "crime" doesn't appear until page 225 and it takes another 35 plodding pages before the crime being contemplated is mentioned.
"Whom God Hath Sundered trilogy - Once Jeffries was a poor man. He worked for 18 shillings a week, and was in competition with seven other desperate men for a position as a junior clerk. By night he studied for a commercial certificate, his passport out of poverty. It was in the commercial college that he befriended Merridew, who was to die so young, and met the woman he loved, Evie Soames.
From the beginning we can guess what will happen. Jeffries' narration tells us how and why. "
"Whom God Hath Sundered trilogy - Once Jeffries was a poor man. He worked for 18 shillings a week, and was in competition with seven other desperate men for a position as a junior clerk. By night he studied for a commercial certificate, his passport out of poverty. It was in the commercial college that he befriended Merridew, who was to die so young, and met the woman he loved, Evie Soames.
From the beginning we can guess what will happen. Jeffries' narration tells us how and why. "
February 26, 2022
Entertaining mystery listening 🔰😀
Another will written British romantic thriller murder mystery adventure novel by Oliver Onions about 💘, friends, relationships, work, and money 💰 all leading to murder. I would recommend this novel to readers of British mysteries. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶 to 👍novels 🔰😄🏰👑 2022 😠🏡
Another will written British romantic thriller murder mystery adventure novel by Oliver Onions about 💘, friends, relationships, work, and money 💰 all leading to murder. I would recommend this novel to readers of British mysteries. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶 to 👍novels 🔰😄🏰👑 2022 😠🏡
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March 30, 2019Synopsis: eventually it becomes a murder story although much of the novel is the lead-up. Do we have a perfect murder here?
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