Marie Adelaide Bellocová Lowndesová Knihy

Vynikajúci psychologický román Podnájom pre vraha (1913) je považovaný za najlepšie literárne spracovanie príbehu Jacka Rozparovača. Klaustrofobický thriller plný hrôzy a napätia bol niekoľkokrát sfilmovaný a v roku 1927 sa stal predlohou pre prvé divácky úspešné režijné dielo Alfreda Hitchcocka The Lodger. V hmlou zahalených nočných uliciach Londýna už niekoľko týždňov dochádza s beštiálnym vraždám, ku ktorým sa hlási tajomný páchateľ známy pod prezývkou Pomstiteľ. Starnúci manželský pár Buntingovcov však v tom čase trápi niečo iné. Po dlhých rokoch strávených v službách majetných rodín sa im na staré kolená prestalo dariť a zúfalo preto potrebujú aspoň aký-taký finančný príjem. Jedného večera sa na ich prahu objaví záhadný muž a hľadá izbu na prenájom. Pán Sleuth platí viac než slušne a pôsobí dojmom síce svojrázneho, no neškodného džentlmena, ale keď sa miesta činu sériového vraha začnú objavovať čoraz bližšie k ich domovu, pani Buntingová sa rozhodne venovať väčšiu pozornosť zvláštnym experimentom svojho hosťa a jeho neobvyklým nočným vychádzkam. Anglická prozaička a dramaturgička Marie Adelaide Lowndes, rodená Belloc (1868 – 1947) sa preslávila najmä prózami o záhadných a často nevyriešených násilných zločinoch. Svoje najslávnejšie dielo napísala dvadsaťpäť rokov po sérii vrážd prostitútok v londýnskej štvrti Whitechapel, ktoré sú pripisované Jackovi Rozparovačovi.

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This entertaining group of eight essays concerning great crimes of murder reveals the author's affinity, not only with the wellsprings of human passion, but also with the means of bringing them into lucid focus, using the slow unfolding of telling detail. Marie Belloc Lowndes made her name with murder. Her most famous book was a hugely successful novel, The Lodger, based upon the awful deeds of Jack the Ripper, which has been filmed many times. In this book she recounts eight terrible crimes which took place in France, Scotland, England, Algeria and Belgium, underscoring with clear journalistic ease cases of appalling passion, misplaced devotion, secret alliances, unbearable greed and corrosive fear of exposure. Underlying all of these cases is mystery. In one way or another, all of them had elements which initially baffled analysts; they remained partially unsolved, or at least contested, and were in some cases only concluded by the discovery of one tiny detail. Some remain mysteries to this day. This splendidly readable compendium was first published in 1914.

"One of the best suspense novels ever written."—The New York Times "This is a beautifully wrought novel of psychological suspense that should have a place on any mystery buff's shelf of classics."—Chicago Sun-Times The Ripper murders still arouse excitement, and The Lodger has lost none of its hushed, chilling terror over the years."—The Drood Review of Mystery Inspired by the notorious Whitechapel murders, this 1913 thriller first appeared when Jack the Ripper's brutal crimes were well within living memory. Time has done nothing to diminish the popular fascination with the serial killings. This gripping tale of an elderly English couple's growing suspicions of their sinister boarder has served as the basis for several movies, including one of Alfred Hitchcock's first films. Dover (2014) republication of the edition originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913. See every Dover book in print at www.doverpublications.com

"The Chianti Flask opens at a moment of courtroom drama. An enigmatic young woman named Laura Dousland is on trial for murder, accused of poisoning her elderly husband Fordish. The couple's Italian servant, Angelo Terugi, chief witness for the prosecution, is on the stand and also under suspicion. At the heart of the puzzle of Fordish Dousland's death is the chianti flask that almost certainly held the wine containing the poison which killed him. But the flask has disappeared, and all attempts to trace it have come to nothing. The jury delivers its verdict, but this represents simply the end of the beginning of Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel. This book is in essence a psychological study into the bitter effects of murder and its aftermath both on the person accused and those close to her. Is it true that there's no smoke without fire? Only in the closing pages is the mystery of the Chianti flask finally unravelled."--Provided by publisher

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