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Ernest Bramah humorous works were ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados.
This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories:
- The Secret of Headlam Height
- The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown
- The Holloway Flat Tragedy
- The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes
- The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome
- The Crime At The House In Culver Street
- The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt
This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories:
- The Secret of Headlam Height
- The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown
- The Holloway Flat Tragedy
- The Curious Circumstances Of The Two Left Shoes
- The Ingenious Mind Of Mr. Rigby Lacksome
- The Crime At The House In Culver Street
- The Strange Case Of Cyril Bycourt
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