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The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Genre
  
Fantasy

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Publication date
  
1952

Originally published
  
1952

Publisher
  
The Jarrold Group

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Author
  
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

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Works by Edward Plunkett - 18th Baron of Dunsany, Short Stories

The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories is a collection of fantasy and crime short stories by writer Lord Dunsany. It was first published in London by Jarrolds in October, 1952.

The book collects twenty-six short pieces by Dunsany, including the much-anthologised mystery story "The Two Bottles of Relish", with its neat and devastating one-sentence solution at the end.

Contents

  • "The Two Bottles of Relish"
  • "The Shooting of Constable Slugger"
  • "An Enemy of Scotland Yard"
  • "The Second Front"
  • "The Two Assassins"
  • "Kriegblut's Disguise"
  • "The Mug in the Gambling Hall"
  • "The Clue"
  • "Once Too Often"
  • "An Alleged Murder"
  • "The Waiter's Story"
  • "A Trade Dispute"
  • "The Pirate of the Round Pond"
  • "A Victim of Bad Luck"
  • "The New Master"
  • "A New Murder"
  • "A Tale of Revenge"
  • "The Speech"
  • "The Lost Scientist"
  • "The Unwritten Thriller"
  • "In Ravancore"
  • "Among the Bean Rows"
  • "The Death-Watch Beetle"
  • "Murder by Lightning"
  • "The Murder in Netherby Gardens"

    • References

    The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories Wikipedia
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