In its series on Australian classics, the Australian Broadcasting Co.'s Book Show looks at The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) by British-born Fergusson Wright Hume, which, according to Christopher Pittard's Clues 26.1 article, was the sensation of 1887 London—selling more than 30,000 copies in under 6 months. Guests on the program include Clues editorial board member Stephen Knight (Cardiff University) and University of Melbourne's Lucy Sussex, who wrote on Edward Bulwer Lytton in Clues 26.1.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on ABC's Book Show.
In its series on Australian classics, the Australian Broadcasting Co.'s Book Show looks at The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886) by British-born Fergusson Wright Hume, which, according to Christopher Pittard's Clues 26.1 article, was the sensation of 1887 London—selling more than 30,000 copies in under 6 months. Guests on the program include Clues editorial board member Stephen Knight (Cardiff University) and University of Melbourne's Lucy Sussex, who wrote on Edward Bulwer Lytton in Clues 26.1.
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