Edgar Wallace

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Why Is Edgar Wallace Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men . Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River . He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.

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What Are Edgar Wallace's Academic Contributions?

Edgar Wallace has made the following academic contributions:

• White Face
• The Valley of Ghosts
• The Twister
• The Traitor's Gate
• The Three Oak Mystery
• The Terrible People
• The Squeaker
• The Orator
• The Missing Million
• The Hand of Power
• The Gunner
• The green archer
• The Four Just Men
• The Forger
• The feathered serpent
• The Dark Eyes of London
• The Crimson Circle
• The Clue of the Silver Key
• The Clue of the New Pin
• The Calendar
• The Black Abbot
• Grey Timothy
• A King by Night
• Kate Plus Ten