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A nameless old man sits in the corner of a cozy London tea shop, and without leaving his seat, solves baffling crimes reported to him by an admiring lady journalist. Using only methods of pure deduction, the eccentric, self-assured sleuth unravels the mysteries behind a wide... Read Full Overview

At a local tea shop, a lady journalist encounters a brilliant detective who's able to decode and solve some of the city's most complicated crimes. This is a thrilling narrative that hinges on the unique dynamic between its two protagonists.

Polly Burton is a... Read Full Overview

Baroness Emma Magdolna Roz?lia M?ria Jozefa Borb?la "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci (1865 - 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels about an English aristocrat, Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., who rescued French aristocrats from... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy The Old Man in the Corner is an unnamed armchair detective who appears in a series of short stories written by Baroness... Read Full Overview

At a local tea shop, a lady journalist encounters a brilliant detective who's able to decode and solve some of the city's most complicated crimes. This is a thrilling narrative that hinges on the unique dynamic between its two protagonists.

Polly Burton is a... Read Full Overview

The man in the corner had finished his glass of milk. His watery blue eyes looked across at Miss Polly Burton's eager little face, from which all traces of severity had now been chased away by an obvious and intense excitement. "It was only on the 31st," he resumed after a while,... Read Full Overview

""The Man in the Corner"" is a collection of short mystery stories written by Hungarian-born British author, Emmuska Orczy. The book was first published in 1909 and features a mysterious man who sits in the corner of a London tea shop, solving crimes and mysteries using only... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Created by Baroness Orczy, author of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel series, The Old Man In the Corner was one of the earliest armchair detectives, popping up with so many others in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories.The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview