James Redding Ware
James Redding Ware, coñecido polo pseudónimo Andrew Forrester, nado en 1832 e finado contra 1909 foi un novelista e dramaturgo británico, recoñecido hoxe por ser o primeiro en facer unha detective muller nunha obra de ficción[1], concretamente na obra The Female Detective (1864)[2].
| Biografía | |
|---|---|
| Nacemento | 1832  |
| Morte | 1909 (76/77 anos) |
| Datos persoais | |
| País de nacionalidade | Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda |
| Actividade | |
| Ocupación | novelista , dramaturgo |
| Pseudónimo literario | Andrew Forrester |
Obra editar
- The fortunes of the House of Pennyl: A Romance of England in the Last Century[3] (1860)
- A Nice Quiet Cottage. A One-act Farce (1863)
- The female detective (1864)
- The Road Murder. Analysis of this Persistent Mystery (1865)
- Opera Comique (1870)
- The Death Trap; Or a Cat's-Paw. A Drama in Four Acts (1870)
- The Modern Hoyle; Or, How to Play Whist - Chess - Cribbage - Dominoes - Draughts - Backgammon, and Besique (1870)
- The Isle of Wight (1871)
- Bothwell: A Drama in Four Acts (1871)
- Pipermans' Predicaments. A Farce, in One Act (1871)
- Bothwell. A Drama, in Four Acts (1871)
- The Meadows of St. Gervais. A Farce-comedy, in Two Acts (1871)
- One Snowy Night. A Comedy, in One Act (1871)
- In Quarantine. A Comedy, in One Act (1871)
- The Polish Jew: a drama in three acts (Emile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, trans JR Ware 1872?)
- Before the Bench: Sketches of Police Court Life (1880)
- Some Social Science. A Satirical Comedy, in Three Acts (1880)
- Alpine Betrothals. A Swiss Eclogue, for Music (1880)
- Constant Woman: A Drawing-room Drama for Two and a Parlourmaid (1881)
- A Woman Will be a Woman. An Original Duologue (1883)
- Twenty and Forty. An Original Comedy (1883)
- Life and Speeches of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold (1884)
- Wonderful Dreams of Remarkable Men and Women (1884)
- Famous Centenarians(1886)
- Mistaken Identities: Celebrated Cases of Undeserved Suffering, Self-deception, and Wilful Imposture (1886)
- The Life and Times of Colonel Fred Burnaby (with RK Mann, 1886)
- Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English Slang and Phrase (1909)
Notas editar
- ↑ A Dictionary of Victorian Slang (1909) (en inglés)
- ↑ Segundo algunhas fonte, 1863.
- ↑ Asinada como as JR Ware.
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Ligazóns externas editar
- No1 in ladies' detective tradition back in print after 150 years, artigo en The Guardin sobre a reimpresión da súa obra máis famosa. (en inglés)