Robert Barr

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Robert Barr

Robert Barr (Robert Barr, from 1850 to October 21, 1912 ^[1]) is a British novelist. By the breeding born in Scotland in Canada, I am known for a detective story.

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Pre-half life

Glasgow birth of Scotland. I was at the age of 4 years old by parents and, over upper Canada, received education in Toronto normal school (Toront Normal School). I became a teacher in a school in Ontario Windsor and finally succeeded in life to the principal. I began the contribution of the short story in newspaper "Detroit Free Press" at this time. I became a subeditor of the paper in 1876 and was active with name called "Luke Sharp" ("Luke Sharp"). The bar raised a position in the paper and became the chief editor finally [²].

London times

In 1881, he emigrated to London and founded a weekly for U.K. of "the free press" [³]. And I launched magazine "idler" "the Idler" in 1882 and chose Jerome K Jerome as a collaborator (to find "the name known for the public" when I let you say to Jerome). The bar retires from a job of the editing in 1895. He became the popular writer who equalled Bret Hart and Stephen Crane in London of the 1890s. The works of Robert Barr are classified in the crime novel that most were popular in those days. There is the work such as "adventure ("The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs", 1892) of Shah low com" of the Holmes parody, too.

Work

In the Midst of Alarms has フェニアン surprise attack in Canada in 1856. A Woman Intervenes draws love and finance and American journalism. Countess Tekla is the work which challenged a historical novel.

It was simply done 訳載 short stories such as "The Absent-Minded Coterie" (title in Japanese "person of absentmindedness association" / "federation of amnesia") sporadically by an anthology and a magazine without the publication in the large amount of form such as a long piece and the personal sketchbook being performed as for the translation situation to Japanese for a long time, but sketchbook "victory of Eugene Valmont" was published in 2010. (I refer to the following outside link for other short stories)

• The Face and the Mask (1894)
• From Whose Bourne (1896)
• In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories (1892)
• In the Midst of Alarms (1894, 1900, 1912)
• Jennie Baxter, Journalist (1899)
• One Day's Courtship
• Revenge!
• A Rock in the Baltic (1906)
• The Strong Arm
• A Woman Intervenes (1896)
• Countess Tekla (1899)
• The Unchanging East (1900)
• The Victors (1901)
• A Prince of Good Fellows (1902)
• The Tempestuous Petticoat (1905-12)
• The Triumph of Eugene Valmont (1906) "victory Yuichi Hirayama reason of Eugene Valmont", Japanese book publication society, October, 2010
• Stranleigh's Millions (1909)
• The Sword Maker (1910)
• The Palace of Logs (1912)
• I publish The O"Ruddy (1913) posthumously. Stephen Crane and a collaboration.

Source

1. ^ Who's Who 1914, p. xxi
2. ^ C. Stan Allen, "A Glimpse of Robert Barr." Canadian Magazine 4 (1895), 548.
3. ^ Stephen Knight, introduction to The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont. (NY: Oxford University Press, 1997), x.

Reference materials

• http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14354 FREE Sony Reader e-book version of The Triumph of Eugene Valmon by Robert Barr
• Everett F. Bleiler (エヴリット Bleiler) The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 41. (1948)
• Jerome K. Jerome (Jerome K Jerome), My Life and Times (1926)

Outside link

• Works by Robert Barr at Project Gutenberg (project Gutenberg)
• Translation work collection＞Bibliography data, brief career history of the Robert Barr (Robert Barr) - Japanese translation short story
• Mystery, whodunit database Aga-Search＞Robert Barr (Robert Barr) - career, work introduction, bibliography data of the Japanese translation short story

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