 Dust-jacket from first edition | |
| Author | Lord Dunsany |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, crime fiction |
| Publisher | Jarrolds |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
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 all of his tales of the character Mr Smethers, one being the much-anthologised mystery story "The Two Bottles of Relish", with its neat and devastating one-sentence solution at the end. An audiobook of the collection was released in 2017.[citation needed]
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"
- "The Shield of Athene"
References
- Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2714-X.
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