Em memória do escritor Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935)
Por Flávio Bittencourt Em: 22/07/2011, às 11H34
[Flávio Bittencourt]
Em memória do escritor Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863 - 1935)
Uma espécie de Simenon da Inglaterra, ele escrevia ininterruptamente.
"NO BRASIL, NADA É ELEMENTAR"
(DA NARRAÇÃO EM OFF DO TRAILER DO FILME
O XANGÔ DE BAKER STREET)
Georges Simenon, romancier
[GEORGES SIMENON, ROMANCISTA],
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_c3poxMGo
(DEPOIMENTO DO GRANDE ESCRITOR,
ENTREVISTADO POR GÉRARD PELLETIER,
PRONUNCIAMENTO PUBLICAMENTE VEICULADO
EM 6.3.1960
[EM FRANCÊS, sendo o Comissário Maigret
o mais famoso policial-personagem de Simenon])
O Xangô de Baker Street - Trailer,
filme dirigido por Miguel Faria Jr. (Brasil, 2001),
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRqK4raKsqA
["Uma adaptação do best seller de Jô Soares']
WATSON E HOLMES,
sendo que o detetive Sherlock Holmes
(personagem de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle),
como todos sabem, é o que está segurando
um cachimbo:
O GRANDE ESCRITOR BELGA
GEORGES SIMENON, COLEGA DE PROFISSÃO
DO INGLÊS JOSEPH SMITH FLETCHER,
PITA O SEU CACHIMBO:
Foto: Erling Mandelmann
(http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Georges_Simenon_(1963)_by_Erling_Mandelmann_.jpg)
(http://itunes.apple.com/kr/app/the-orange-yellow-diamond/id329287885?mt=8)
(http://en.todocoleccion.net/el-proceso-manchester-royal-j-s-fletcher-letras~x23583328)
EM PORTUGUÊS,
DE J. S. FLETCHER
(A PREÇO BASTANTE CONVIDATIVO):
O MISTÉRIO DE MARCHESTER ROYAL:
(http://www.skoob.com.br/livro/58727)
(https://market.android.com/books/authors/Joseph%2BSmith%2BFletcher)
VERBETE 'J. S. FLETCHER ',
WIKIPÉDIA (em inglês):
"J. S. Fletcher
Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 - 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age".
Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, son of a clergyman. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. After some study of law, he became a journalist. His first books published were poetry, and he then moved on to write numerous works of both historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire. He was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 1914 he wrote his first detective novel and went on to write over a hundred, latterly featuring private investigator, Ronald Camberwell.
He was married to the Irish writer Rosamond Langbridge, with whom he had one son.
References
- Hugh Greene, ed. Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Penguin Books, 1973, ISBN 0140038914: Introduction.
External links
Categories: 1863 births | 1935 deaths | British writers | Fellows of the Royal Historical Society | People from Halifax, West Yorkshire | British writer stubs"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._Fletcher)
HOMENAGEANDO AS MEMÓRIAS DO NOTÁVEL ESCRITOR INGLÊS
J. S. FLETCHER E DE SUA AMADA ESPOSA
ROSAMOND LANGBRIDGE, CONSAGRADA
ESCRITORA, DRAMATURGA E POETA
22.7.2011 - O homem era uma verdadeira potência produtiva - Joseph Smith Fletcher escrevia sem parar. (SOB ESSE PONTO DE VISTA - E LEVANDO-SE EM CONSIDERAÇÃO QUE ELE FOI UM DOS MESTRES DA LITERATURA DETETIVESCA DA PRIMEIRA METADE DO SÉCULO XX - É NATURAL QUE NOS LEMBREMOS DO BELGA GEORGES SIMENON (1903 - 1989), QUE TAMBÉM ESCREVEU MUITOS ROMANCES POLICIAIS, sendo que este último conseguia terminar rapidamente de produzir o livro policial; com J. S. Fletcher tendo produzido, também, tanto, é de se imaginar que o mesmo acontecia quando Fletcher literariamente trabalhava!) F. A. L. Bittencourt ([email protected])
A IMPRESSIONANTE PRODUÇÃO LITERÁRIA
DE J. S. FLETCHER:
"Joseph Smith Fletcher
Male : Novelist of historical novels and then detective fiction. Poet & historical writer about Yorkshire. Married Rosamond Langbridge
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Halifax, Yorkshire
Date of Birth : 1863 Date of Death : 1935 Age : 72
Pseudonyms : Son of the Soil
Other Work : Journalist
Education : Silcoates School
Date of Birth : 1863 Date of Death : 1935 Age : 72
Pseudonyms : Son of the Soil
Other Work : Journalist
Education : Silcoates School
1879-1890
The Bride of Venice (1879 W Poole, Dartford) - 19pp
Songs After Sunset (1881 Printed by W Poole, Dartford)
The Juvenile Poems of Joseph S Fletcher (1879 J Snowden, Dartford)
Early Poems (1882 W Poole)
Anima Christi : In Verse (1884 J S Fletcher, Bradford)
(1887 Washbourne. New Ed)
Deus Homo : A Poem (1887 Washbourne)
Jesus Calls Thee : Thoughts for One in Indecision (1887 Washbourne) - 72pp
Our Lady's Month : A Manual of Devotion for the Month of May (1887 Washbourne) - 67pp
(Intro) Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher (1887 Walter Scott)
Frank Carisbroke's Stratagem, or Lost and Won (1888 Jarrold)
Andrewlina : A Novel (1889 Kegan Paul)
Mr Spivey's Clerk : A Novel (1890 Ward & Downey)
The Winding Way : A Novel (1890 Kegan Paul)
A Short Life of Cardinal Newman (1890 Ward & Downey)
1891-1895
When Charles the First was King : A Novel (1892 Bentley) - 3 vols
Through Storm and Stress : Being a History of the Remarkable Adventures
of Richard Fletcher of York (1892 Chambers)
Old Latimer's Legacy : A Novel (1892 Jarrold)
Poems, Chiefly against Pessimism (1893 Ward & Downey) - 55pp
The Quarry Farm : A Country Tale (1893 Ward & Downey)
Where Shall we Go for a Holiday ? (1894 Waddington, York) - 32pp
The Remarkable Adventure of Walter Trelawney, Parish 'Prentice of Plymouth
in the Year of the Great Armada (1894 Chambers)
The Wonderful Wapentake : Stories (1895 John Lane)
Where Highways Cross (1895 Dent) - J Ayton Symington
1896-1898
Life in Arcadia (1896 John Lane) - Patten Wilson
At the Gate of the Fold : A Country Tale (1896 Ward & Downey)
Mistress Spitfire : A Plain Account of certain Episodes in the History of Richard Coope, Gent
(1896 Dent)
In the Days of Drake : Being the Adventures of Humphrey Salkeld (1896 Blackie)
God's Failures : Tales (1897 JL, Bodley Head)
Ballads of Revolt (1897 John Long) - 42pp
The Builders : A Tale (1897 Methuen)
The Making of Matthias (1898 JL, Bodley Head) - Lucy Kemp-Walsh
The Wonderful City (1898 Nelson)
Pasquinado : Tales (1898 Ward Lock)
1899-1900
The Death that Lurks Unseen & Other Tales (1899 Ward Lock)
The Paths of the Prudent : A Comedy (1899 Methuen)
From the Broad Acres : Stories Illustrative of Rural Life in Yorkshire (1899 Grant Richards)
A Picturesque History of Yorkshire (1899 Dent - 3 vols) (nd. 1903-4 Caxton, London - 6 vols)
Morrison's Machine : A Tale (1900 Hutchinson)
The Harvesters : A Novel (1900 John Long)
Roberts of Pertoria : The Story of His Life (1900 Methuen 6d Library)
Baden-Powell of Mafeking (1900 Methuen)
1901-1903
The Three Days' Terror : A Novel (1901 John Long)
The Golden Spur : A Modern Romance (1901 John Long)
History of Yorkshire (1901)
The History of the St Leger Stakes 1776-1901 (1902 Hutchinson)
The Investigators : A Novel (1902 John Long)
(1927 Hutchinson)
Bonds of Steel : A Novel (1902 Digby Long)
The Airship & Other Stories (1903 Digby, Long)
Owd Poskitt : His Opinions on Mr Chamberlain in Particluar and on English Trade in General
(1903 Harper)
The Fear of the Night : A Cluster of Stories (1903 Routledge)
The Arcadians : A Whimsicality (1903 John Long)
Lucian the Dreamer (1903 Methuen)
Anthony Everton : Being the Plain Story of an Episode in the Life of Thomas Wentworth,
Earl of Stafford : A Novel (1903 Chambers)
The Secret Way (1903 Digby Long)
1904-1905
David March : A Novel (1904 Methuen)
The Pigeon's Cave : A Story of Great orme's Head in 1806 (1904 Partridge)
For Those were Stirring Times & Other Stories (1904 Everett)
The Diamonds (1904 Digby Long)
Grand Relations : A Rustic Comedy (1905 Fisher Unwin)
The Threshing Floor (1905 T Fisher Unwin)
1906-1908
Highcroft Farm (1906 Cassell) - J A Symington
A Maid and Her Money (1906 Digby Long)
Mr Poskitt (1907 Eveleigh Nash)
Daniel Quayne : A Morality (1907 John Murray)
The Queen of a Day (1907 T Fisher Unwin)
The Ivory God & Other Stories (1907 John Murray)
The Enchanting North (1908 Eveleigh Nash)
The Harvest Moon (1908 Eveleigh Nash)
Paradise Court (1908 T Fisher Unwin)
Mothers in Israel : A Study in Rustic Amenities (1908 John Murray) (1931 Jarrolds)
A Book about Yorkshire (1908 Methuen) - Wal Paget & Frank Southgate
1909-1910
The Adventures of Archer Dawe, Sleuth-Hound (1909 Digby Long)
The Mantle of Ishmael (1909 Eveleigh Nash)
The Wheatstack and Other Stories (1909 Eveleigh Nash)
Manchester Royal (1909 Everett)
Hardican's Hollow (1910 Everett)
Mr Poskitt's Nightcaps : Stories of a Yorkshire Farmer (1910 Eveleigh Nash)
Recollections of a Yorkshire Village (1910 Digby Long)
1911-1912
Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire (1911 Eveleigh Nash)
The Pinfold (1911 Everett)
The Adventures of Turco Bullworthy, His Dog Shrimp and His Friend Dick Wynyard
(1912 Washbourne) - J Brewster Fisher
The Town of Crooked Ways (1912 Eveleigh Nash 6/-)
The Fine Air of Morning : A Pastoral Romance (1912 Eveleigh Nash)
The Golden Venture (1912 Eveleigh Nash 2/-)
Where Highways Cross (1912 Jarrolds. New Ed)
Memories of a Spectator (1912 Eveleigh Nash)
1913-1915
The Bartenstein Case (1913 John Long)
Perris of the Cherry Trees (1913 Eveleigh Nash)
The Secret Cargo : A Story of Norwich and the Norfolk Coast (1913 Ward Lock)
I'd Venture All for Thee : A Romance of the Yorkshire Coast (1913 Eveleigh Nash)
The Marriage Lines (1914 Eveleigh Nash)
Both of This Parish (1914 Eveleigh Nash)
The Shadow of Ravenscliffe (1914 Digby Long)
The Wolves and the Lamb (1914 Ward Lock)
The Ransom for London (1914 John Long)
The Furnace of Youth (1914 Pearson)
[A New Edition of "The Builders"]
The King Versus Wargrave : A Novel (1915 Ward Lock)
Leet Livvy : A Verse Story in the Dialect of Osgoldcross (1915 Simpkin Marshall) - 36pp
1916-1918
The Annexation Society (1916 Ward Lock)
Lynne Court Spinney (1916 Ward Lock)
Families Repaired (1916 Allen & Unwin)
Memorials of a Yorkshire Parish : An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Darrington
(1917 JL, Bodley Head) - G P Rhodes
Malvery Hold (1917 Ward Lock)
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917 Allen & Unwin)
The Perilous Crossways (1917 Ward Lock)
The Amaranth Club (1918 Ward Lock)
Paul Campenhaye : Specialist in Criminology (1918 Ward Lock)
The Making of Modern Yorkshire 1750-1914 (1918 Allen & Unwin)
Heronshawe Main : The Story of a Yorkshire Colliery (1918 Ward Lock)
The Chestermarke Instinct (1918 Allen & Unwin)
1919-1920
The Middle Temple Murder (1919 Ward Lock) (1919 Knopf)
The Cistercians in Yorkshire (1919 SPCK) - Warwick Goble
The Borough Treasurer (1919 Ward Lock)
Leeds (1919 SPCK)
The Valley of Head Strong Men (1919 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Talleyrand Maxim (1919 Ward Lock)
The Seven Days' Secret (1919 Jarrolds)
Sheffield (1919 SPCK)
Droonin' Watter : A Story of Berwick and the Scotch Coast (1919 Allen & Unwin)
Scarhaven Keep (1920 Ward Lock)
The Herapath Property (1920 Ward Lock)
Exterior to the Evidence (1920 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Lost Mr Linthwaite (1920 Hodder & Stoughton)
Harrogate and Knaresborough (1920 SPCK)
The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920 Newnes)
Pontefract (1920 SPCK)
1921-1922
Yorkshiremen of the Restoration (1921 Allen & Unwin)
The Root of All Evil (1921 Hodder & Stoughton)
[Filmed in 1948]
Wrychester Paradise (1921 Ward Lock)
The Chestermarke Instinct (1921 Knopf NY)
The Heaven Kissed Hill (1922 Hodder & Stoughton)
In the Mayor's Parlour (1922 John Lane)
Ravensdene Court (1922 Ward Lock)
The Middle of Things (1922 Ward Lock)
The Markenmore Mystery (1922 Herbert Jenkins)
1923
The Ambitious Lady (1923 Ward Lock)
The Million Dollar Diamond (1923 Herbert Jenkins)
Many Engagements (1923 John Long)
Halifax (1923 SPCK)
The Mazaroff Murder (1923 Herbert Jenkins)
The Copper Box (1923 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Charing Cross Mystery (1923 Herbert Jenkins) (1923 Putnam NY)
1924-1925
The Cartwright Gardens Murder (1924 Collins)
The Kang-He Vase (1924 Collins)
The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories (1924 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Mysterious Chinaman (1924 Herbert Jenkins)
The Safety Pin (1924 Herbert Jenkins)
False Scent (1924 Herbert Jenkins)
The Life & Work of St Wilfrid of Ripon, Apostle of Sussex : A Lecture
(1925 E H Thompson, Chichester) - 63pp
The Mill of Many Windows (1925 Collins)
Sea Fog (1925 Herbert Jenkins)
The Bedford Row Mystery (1925 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Great Brighton Mystery (1925 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Reformation in Northern England : Six Lectures (1925 Allen & Unwin)
1926-1928
The Cartwright Gardens Murder (1926 Collins)
The Stolen Budget (1926 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Massingham Butterfly and Other stories (1926 Herbert Jenkins)
The Mortover Grange Mystery (1926 Herbert Jenkins)
Green Ink and Other Stories (1926 Herbert Jenkins)
The Green Rope (1927 Herbert Jenkins)
The Passenger to Folkestone (1927 Herbert Jenkins)
The Murder in the Pallant (1927 Herbert Jenkins)
Cobweb Castle (1928 Herbert Jenkins)
Behind the Monocle and Other Stories (1928 Jarrolds)
The Double Chance (1928 Nash & Grayson)
The Wild Oat )1028 Jarrold)
The Contents of the Coffin (1928 London Book Co)
1929-1930
The Ransom for London (1929 Dial, NY)
The Time Worn Town (1929 Collins)
The Wrist Mark (1929 Herbert Jenkins)
The Ravenswood Mystery & Other Stories (1929 Collins)
The Matheson Formula (1930 Herbert Jenkins) (1929 Knopf)
The House in Tuesday Market (1930 Herbert Jenkins)
The Yorkshire Moorland Mystery (1930 Herbert Jenkins) (1930 Knopf)
The Marrendon Mystery & Other Stories of Crime and Detection (1930 Collins)
The Dressing Room Murder (1930 Herbert Jenkins) (1931 Knopf)
The Malachite Jar & Other Stories (1930 Collins)
The South Foreland Murder (1930 Herbert Jenkins)
1931-1932
Collected Verse 1881-1931 (1931 Harrap)
Dead Men's Money (1931 Harrap)
Verses Written in Early Youth (1931 PP, London & Woking) - 62 copies. 76pp
The Box Hill Murder (1931 Herbert Jenkins)
Murder in Four Degrees (1931 Harrap)
The Murder at Wrides Park (1931 Harrap) (1931 Knopf)
Verses Written in Early Youth (1931 PP) - 12 large paper
The Murder of the Ninth Baronet (1932 Harrap)
The Man in the Fur Coat & Other Stories (1932 Collins)
The Solution of a Mystery : Documents relative to the Murder of Roger Maidment
(1932 Doubleday Doran NY) (1932 Harrap)
The Burma Ruby (1932 Benn 9d Novels)
The Man in No. 3 & Other Stories (1932 Collins)
Murder in the Squire's Pew (1932 Harrap) (1932 US)
The Borgia Cabinet (1932 Herbert Jenkins)
After 1933
Find the Woman : Short Stories (1933 Collins)
Murder of the Only Witness (1933 Harrap)
The Murder in Medora Mansions & Other Stories of Crime and Mystery (1933 Collins)
The Grocer's Wife (1933 Hutchinson)
Who Killed Alfred Snowe ? Being Entry No. 5 in the Case Book of Ronald Camberwell
(1933 Harrap)
The Mystery of the London Banker (1933 Harrap)
The Ebony Box (1934 Thornton Butterworth) (1934 Knopf)
Murder of the Secret Agent : Being Entry No. 8 in the Case-Book of Ronald Camberwell
(1934 Harrap)
The Eleventh Hour : Being the 2nd of the Further Adventures of Ronald Camberwell
(1935 Thornton Butterworth)
The Carrismore Ruby & Other Stories (1935 Jarrolds)
Todmanhawe Grange : By J S Fletcher & Concluded by Torquemada (1937 Thornton Butterworth)
READING
James Walter Smith : J S Fletcher in His Books and in His Life (1928 PP, London & Woking) - 29pp"
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UM TANTO CONSTRANGIDAMENTE,
SÃO PEDIDAS DESCULPAS AO PREZADO
LEITOR E À PREZADA LEITORA DESTA
COLUNA "RECONTANDO..."
PELAS GRANDES FALHAS
DA TRADUÇÃO AUTOMÁTICA
A SEGUIR APRESENTADA,
DO ARTIGO SOB RESPONSABILIDADE DE
YORKSHIRE POST / Redação,
INTITULADO:
How fame eluded a man of many words
[Published on Monday 8 May 2006 06:24]
Obs. - Trata-se da segunda "dica" de ligação externa -
link da web - apresentada no verbete 'J. S. FLETCHER', da Wikipédia
[ORIGINAL EM INGLÊS; acesso em 22.7.2011]:
TRADUÇÃO AUTOMÁTICA:
Como a fama iludiu um homem de muitas palavras
Published on Monday 8 May 2006 06:24 Publicado em Monday 8 May 2006 06:24
Having written more than 230 books, author JS Fletcher should be one of YorkshiTendo escrito mais de 230 livros, autor JS Fletcher deve ser um dos filhos mais famosos de Yorkshire. So why, asks Sarah Freeman, has no one heard of him? Então, por que, pergunta Sarah Freeman, não tem ninguém ouviu falar dele?
It hardly seems very fair. Não parece muito justo. JS Fletcher wrote 237 books ranging from history to detective novels, won the personal approval of the American president, but in his native Yorkshire mention his name and all you'll get in return are blank looks and shrugged shoulders. JS Fletcher escreveu 237 livros que vão da história à romances policiais, ganhou a aprovação pessoal do presidente norte-americano, mas em sua Yorkshire natal mencionar o seu nome e tudo que você vai receber em troca são olhares em branco e deu de ombros ombros.
Perhaps he should have chosen a more exotic pen name, (JS stands for the hardly dynamic Joseph Smith), but minor quibbles aside, he did everything he could to deserve a place in Yorkshire's literary history. Talvez ele deveria ter escolhido um nome mais exótico caneta, (JS representa o mal dinâmica Joseph Smith), mas problemas menores à parte, ele fez tudo que podia para merecer um lugar na história literária do Yorkshire.
"At one time Fletcher's books were so popular they could be found in some profusion on railway station bookstalls," says John Goodchild, curator of an exhibition dedicated to the author's life and work and a man determined to champion the cause of the overlooked Fletcher. "Houve um tempo em livros de Fletcher eram tão populares que poderiam ser encontrados em alguns profusão em bancas estação ferroviária", diz John Goodchild, curador de uma exposição dedicada à vida do autor e de trabalho e um homem determinado a defender a causa do Fletcher esquecido. "I first became interested in him after reading one of his detective novels. He never pretended his fiction was psychologically deep, but he knew how to tell a cracking good tale and that suits me. "Eu primeiro se interessou por ele depois de ler um dos romances de seu detetive. Ele nunca fingiu sua ficção foi psicologicamente profundos, mas ele sabia como contar um conto de craqueamento boa e que combina comigo.
"He was extremely prolific and he was, in truth, a scholar, who aside from writing page-turning fiction did much work chronicling Yorkshire's history, yet you ask most people about him and they have never heard of him. That's why I wanted to do this exhibition and hopefully take his work to a wider audience." "Ele foi extremamente prolífico e ele era, na verdade, um erudito, que além de escrever páginas virando-ficção fez muito trabalho narrando a história de Yorkshire, mas você perguntar a maioria das pessoas sobre ele e que nunca tenham ouvido falar dele. É por isso que eu queria fazer esta exposição e espero levar seu trabalho a um público mais amplo. "
Born in Halifax in 1863, Fletcher's clergyman father died when his son was eight months old and he was brought up by his grandmother on a farm in Darrington, near Pontefract. Nascido em Halifax, em 1863, o pai de Fletcher clérigo morreu quando seu filho tinha oito meses de idade e ele foi criado por sua avó em uma fazenda em Darrington, perto de Pontefract. It was after leaving Silcoates School in Wakefield that the seeds of his writing career were sown, when apparently heading for a career in law he fell into journalism landing a sub-editor's job in London at the age of 20. Foi depois de deixar Silcoates School, em Wakefield que as sementes da sua carreira de escritor foram semeadas, quando, aparentemente, indo para uma carreira na lei, ele caiu na aterrissagem de jornalismo um trabalho sub-editor, em Londres, com a idade de 20.
However, his native Yorkshire proved too much of a lure and he returned to work first on the Leeds Mercury under the pen name A Son of the Soil and then as a special correspondent for the Yorkshire Post covering the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. No entanto, sua Yorkshire natal foi demais de uma isca e ele retornou ao primeiro trabalho sobre o Leeds Mercury sob o pseudônimo Um filho da terra e depois como correspondente especial para o Yorkshire Post cobrindo a coroação de Edward VII em 1902.
By then he had already had a number of books published, but while newspapers allowed him to pay the bills, it was his own writing he wished to pursue and it was when he decided to go freelance his literary career really took off. Até então, ele já tinha tido uma série de livros publicados, mas enquanto os jornais lhe permitiu pagar as contas, era a sua própria escrita que queria continuar e foi quando ele decidiu ir freelance sua carreira literária realmente decolou.
Fletcher's early work included a series of books written in Yorkshire dialect, which led to him being dubbed the Yorkshire Hardy, but while he always claimed he wrote "history for love and novels for a living", it was the latter which catapulted him into the big time. Primeiros trabalhos de Fletcher incluiu uma série de livros escritos em Yorkshire dialeto, que o levou a ser apelidado de Hardy Yorkshire, mas enquanto ele sempre alegou que ele escreveu "a história de amor e romances para ganhar a vida", foi o último que o catapultou para a grande momento.
In 1914, Fletcher crossed the Ts and dotted the Is on his first detective novels. Em 1914, Fletcher cruzou o Ts e pontilhada o está em sua primeira romances policiais. Having successfully tapped into the popular market, there was no stopping him and while he would often ponder the nuances of the plot and characters during long walks in the countryside, the books often took weeks rather than months or years to write. Tendo aproveitado com sucesso no mercado popular, não havia como pará-lo e quando ele costumava ponderar as nuances do enredo e personagens durante longas caminhadas no campo, os livros, muitas vezes levavam semanas e não meses ou anos para escrever.
"It was an impressive output," adds John. "Foi uma saída impressionante", acrescenta John. "In 20 years he wrote more than 100 novels and left the world a very rich legacy. "Em 20 anos ele escreveu mais de 100 romances e deixou o mundo um legado muito rico.
"They might not be as important in a literary sense as, say, the novels of Charles Dickens, but he knew what his readers wanted and he knew how to give it to them." "Eles podem não ser tão importante em um sentido literário como, por exemplo, os romances de Charles Dickens, mas ele sabia o que seus leitores queria e ele sabia como dar a eles."
Some literary historians claim it was his thrillers which began the craze for detective fiction and while that may be a slight exaggeration, he did win plaudits in unlikely circles. Alguns historiadores literários afirmam que foi a sua thrillers que começou a mania de ficção policial e ao mesmo tempo que pode ser um exagero, ele ganhou elogios nos círculos improvável.
While recovering from a breakdown following the First World War, American president Woodrow Wilson was given a copy of Fletcher's The Middle Temple Murder to help him convalesce and it proved exactly the right medicine. Enquanto se recuperava de um colapso após a Primeira Guerra Mundial, o presidente americano Woodrow Wilson foi dada uma cópia de O Assassinato de Fletcher Temple Médio para ajudá-lo convalesce e provou exatamente o remédio certo.
Centred around a decidedly dodgy MP, Wilson said it was the best detective story he had ever read, a soundbite which was seized upon by the US press and saw Fletcher's sales rocket – as what was good enough reading material for the White House was good enough for the American public. Centrado em torno de uma MP decididamente dodgy, Wilson disse que foi a melhor história de detetive ele já tinha lido, um soundbite que foi aproveitado pela imprensa dos EUA e viu foguete Fletcher de vendas - como o que era material de leitura bom o suficiente para a Casa Branca era bom o suficiente para o público americano.
Today, Fletcher's books are still popular across the Pond, so why did he fail to capture the hearts of his native Yorkshiremen. Hoje, os livros de Fletcher ainda são populares em todo o Pond, então por que ele não conseguem captar os corações de seus Yorkshire natal.
"It's very difficult to know why he never became a big name in his home country," says John. "É muito difícil saber por que ele nunca se tornou um grande nome em seu país de origem", diz John.
"I think part of the reason is that his novels are all self-contained, they don't have one consistent detective and from one to the next the characters can inhabit very different worlds. "Eu acho que parte da razão é que seus romances são todos auto-contido, eles não têm um detetive consistente e de um para o outro os personagens podem habitar mundos muito diferentes.
"Readers, I think, tend to prefer fictional series where they get to know the detective and where they feel part of their world. "Os leitores, eu acho, tendem a preferir série de ficção em que eles se conheçam o detetive e onde eles se sentem parte do seu mundo.
"While Fletcher may have been integral in sparking the craze for detective fiction, certainly in this country he was overtaken by the likes of Agatha Christie and unfortunately he had no answer to Miss Marple." "Enquanto Fletcher pode ter sido parte integrante na acendendo a mania de ficção policial, certamente, neste país, ele foi ultrapassado pelo gosta de Agatha Christie e, infelizmente, ele não tinha resposta para Miss Marple."
As Fletcher's American career began to take off, he moved from Yorkshire where no one knew his name, to Dorking where he remained equally anonymous and in his later years little would change. Como a carreira americana Fletcher começou a decolar, ele se mudou de Yorkshire, onde ninguém sabia o seu nome, para Dorking, onde permaneceu igualmente anônimos e em seus últimos anos pouca coisa vai mudar.
Dying in 1933, at the age of 73, he left behind his wife Rosamond, who was an author in her own right and son the Rev Valentine Fletcher, who went on to hold various ministries across Yorkshire, including Sedburgh and Bradford, and his passing didn't go quite unmarked in his home county. Morrendo em 1933, com a idade de 73, ele deixou para trás sua esposa Rosamond, que era um autor em seu próprio direito eo filho do Rev Valentine Fletcher, que passou a realizar vários ministérios em Yorkshire, incluindo Sedburgh e Bradford, e seu falecimento não ir muito não marcado no seu concelho de origem.
Various obituaries praised not only his prolific output, but also his breadth of knowledge, but Fletcher, a man who had once described himself as "a very ordinary man who knows how Obituários vários elogiou não só a sua prolífica produção, mas também a sua amplitude de conhecimento, mas Fletcher, um homem que tinha certa vez descreveu a si mesmo como "um homem muito simples que sabe
to tell a tale and has learnt his para contar um conto e aprendeu a
job, which is more than most of your modern writers ever do," would have probably liked to have heard such praise during his lifetime. trabalho, que é mais do que a maioria de seus escritores modernos sempre fazer ", provavelmente teria gostado de ouvir elogios como durante sua vida.
"Today people want to know every little detail about the lives of celebrities," adds John. "Hoje as pessoas querem saber cada detalhe pequeno sobre a vida de celebridades", acrescenta John.
"But when Fletcher was writing it was a very different age. "Mas quando Fletcher estava escrevendo era uma idade muito diferente.
"People were judged on their work rather than their personal lives and we don't really know much about what made him tick. "As pessoas foram avaliados por seu trabalho ao invés de suas vidas pessoais e nós realmente não sabemos muito sobre o que o fazia.
"He started life as an incredibly non-conformist individual but ended it having embraced orthodox religion, which I think is quite interesting, but while he left behind an incredible library of his own work, there are no personal letters, no official biography and no diaries which let us see the man behind the books. I don't think that's necessarily a sad thing, it's just the way it is." "Ele começou a vida como uma pessoa incrivelmente não-conformista, mas acabou se ter abraçado a religião ortodoxa, que eu acho que é bastante interessante, mas enquanto ele deixou para trás uma biblioteca incrível de seu próprio trabalho, não há cartas pessoais, nenhuma biografia oficial e não diários que vamos ver o homem por trás dos livros. Eu não acho que isso é necessariamente uma coisa triste, é apenas a maneira como ela é. "
As anniversaries of his birth and death came and went, fans of Fletcher bemoaned the lack of any obvious tribute to his work. Como aniversários do seu nascimento e da morte iam e vinham, fãs de Fletcher lamentou a falta de qualquer tributo óbvio para seu trabalho. An oak screen was final dedicated to him in the church in the village of Darrington, but it is still scant commemoration for a man who dedicated his life to the education and enjoyment of others. Uma tela de carvalho era final dedicado a ele na igreja na aldeia de Darrington, mas ainda é pouca comemoração para um homem que dedicou sua vida à educação e ao gozo dos outros.
The exhibition dedicated to JS Fletcher runs at the Gissing Centre in Wakefield until September 30. A exposição dedicada a JS Fletcher funciona no Centro Gissing em Wakefield, até 30 de setembro. John Goodchild will give a talk on Yorkshire's most prolific novelist on July 5 at 7pm. John Goodchild dará uma palestra sobre o romancista mais prolífico do Yorkshire em 5 de julho em sete horas. For more information call 01924 372748. Para mais informações ligue 01924 372748.
Joseph Smith Fletcher Joseph Smith Fletcher
Born: February 7, 1863 in Nascimento: 7 de fevereiro de 1863 em
Halifax. Halifax.
Died: January 30, 1935. Morreu: 30 de janeiro de 1935.
Novels: One of this first detective stories was the Adventures of Archer Dawe, about an elderly amateur detective who was called on to help Scotland Yard solve a particularly difficult case. Romances: Uma das histórias de detetive neste primeiro foi o Adventures of Arqueiro Dawe, sobre um detetive amador idosos, que foi chamado para ajudar a Scotland Yard a resolver um caso particularmente difícil. In total he wrote 120 detective stories. No total, ele escreveu 120 histórias de detetive.
History: During his career, he wrote books on the Reformation in the north of England, Yorkshire monasteries and numerous books on the county's archaeology and was eventually made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. História: Durante sua carreira, ele escreveu livros sobre a Reforma no norte da Inglaterra, Yorkshire mosteiros e inúmeros livros sobre arqueologia do concelho, e acabou por ser feito um Fellow da Royal Historical Society.
In his own words: "I believe I got my interest in criminology right from the fact that a famous case of fraud was heard at the Quarter Sessions at a town where I was at school – its circumstances were unusual and mysterious and the truth hard to get at; oddly enough, I have never yet used this as the basis of a story. Em suas próprias palavras: "Eu acredito que eu tenho o meu interesse em direito de criminologia do fato de que um caso famoso de fraude foi ouvido durante as Sessões Quarter em uma cidade onde eu estava na escola - suas circunstâncias eram incomuns e misteriosos ea verdade difícil chegar, por incrível que pareça, eu nunca tenham usado isso como a base de uma história.
"Then, when I left school, I meant to be a barrister and I read criminal law and attended a great many queer trials for some time. "Então, quando eu saí da escola, eu queria ser um advogado e eu li direito penal e participou de um grande número de ensaios estranho por algum tempo.
"But turning to journalism instead, I knew of a great many queer cases on famous murder trials. Also, I learnt a good deal about criminology in conversations with the late HB Irving, the famous actor, who was an expert." "Mas voltando para o jornalismo em vez disso, eu sabia de um grande número de casos estranhos em julgamentos de assassinato famoso. Além disso, eu aprendi muita coisa sobre criminologia em conversas com o falecido HB Irving, o famoso ator, que era um perito."
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