Illustrator Frank Utpatel Country United States Series Solar Pons Originally published 1968 Publisher Mycroft & Moran | Cover artist Frank Utpatel Language English Publication date 1968 | |
Followed by Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey Preceded by The Casebook of Solar Pons Genres Short story, Detective fiction Similar August Derleth books, Short Stories | ||
"The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" is a detective fiction short story by author August Derleth. It was released in 1968 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,012 copies. The chapbook is illustrated by Frank Utpatel. The story is part of Derleth's Solar Pons series of pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a Christmas story about Ebenezer Snawley, an eccentric collector of Dickensiana who dresses in 19th-century clothing and is harassed by a man who bawls street cries near his dwelling. The story was eventually collected in The Chronicles of Solar Pons.
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