The Eye of Osiris (World Cultural Heritage Library) [Paperback]

R. Austin Freeman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 2009 | Series: World Cultural Heritage Library

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

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'This man Austin Freeman is a wonderful performer -- Raymond Chandler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

R. Austin Freeman is the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing, is best known for his character Dr John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. Much of his long life was spent as a physician and surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital, London. He also held posts in West Africa and later was a medical officer at Holloway Prison. The most famous of the Edwardian detective writers, he rescued the detective story from "thrillerdom" and made it acceptable to a more discerning class of reader. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Intl Business Pubns USA (September 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438794851
• ISBN-13: 978-1438794853
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good book but the edition is poor quality, August 16, 2006

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This review is from: The Eye Of Osiris (Paperback)

Nuvision Publications attempt to bring back "formally out of print books" that are still in demand, which is a great mission and one they should persist in. They go to the trouble of scanning the book and running optical character recognition software so that the text looks clean, rather than just photocopying it. Unfortunately, in some ways photocopying can be better; this book contains a number of comments in Greek, which were rendered as %&*#, or once as (Greek). There were also a number of places where the OCR had introduced lines or other errors. One read-through by a copy editor would have made so much difference to my pleasure in the book.

It's a good book -- a cosy mystery, well if somewhat fantastically plotted. I'll look for a clean second-hand copy instead.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Victorian Forensic Mystery Story, December 20, 2011

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Thomas A. Johnson (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eye of Osiris (Paperback)

I found R. Austin Freeman and have been downloading every story or collection of his for my Kindle. Very well written. This one is no exception. He pioneered the mystery novel in which you see the crime committed and the rest of the story is how the investigators go about uncovering how the crime was committed and solving it. Anyway, I enjoyed this very much. I love the Sherlock Holmes stories as well, and find a lot of similarity (use of deduction and scientific testing to solve the crime and convict the criminal). Note, there is some science in these stories, if that scares you, you may want to avoid this. But, it is written so non-technical people can enjoy it too.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another wild goose chase, December 23, 2009

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Almost immediate at the begining, the author lets Thorndyke declare 'if this gentleman should never reappear, dead or alive, the question as to what was the latest moment at which he was certainly alive will turn upon the further question: "Was he or was he not wearing a particular article of jewellery when he called at the relative's house?"' The reader declares, 'the latest moment at which he was certainly alive will turn upon the further question: "Does the housemaid recognize a picture of the alleged missing gentleman?"' Until the end of the story, the housemaid curiously has never seen such a picture, on newspaper or presented by the investigators. The novelists would say, a good disguise is sufficient. The readers say, not in reality.