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The Old Man in the Corner is an unnamed armchair detective who appears in a series of short stories written by Baroness Orczy. He examines and solves crimes while sitting in the corner of a genteel London tea-room in conversation with a female journalist. He was one of the first of this character-type created in the wake of the huge popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The character’s moniker is used as the title of the collection of the earliest stories featuring the character. The Old Man relies mostly upon sensationalistic newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit, and relates all this while tying complicated knots in a piece of string. The plots themselves are typical of Edwardian crime fiction, resting on a foundation of unhappy marriages and the inequitable division of family property. Other period details include a murder in the London Underground, the murder of a female doctor, and two cases involving artists living in “bohemian” lodgings. Another new and noteworthy feature is that no one is ever brought to justice. Though the villains are identified by the narrator (who disdains to inform the police), most cannot be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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About the Author Baroness Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a landed aristocrat and well-known composer and conductor. Orczy moved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and Paris, where she was educated. She studied art in London and exhibited work in the Royal Academy. She married Montagu Barstow and together they worked as illustrators and jointly published an edition of Hungarian folk tales. Orczy became famous in 1905 with the publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel (originally a play co-written with her husband). Its background was the French Revolution and its swashbuckling hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, was to prove immensely popular. Sequel books followed and film and TV versions were later made. Orczy also wrote detective stories which still prove popular and are equally acclaimed within this genre. She died in 1947.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A DOZEN EXCELLENT VINTAGE FAIR-PLAY PUZZLE STORIES By David R. Eastwood THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909) is Baroness Orczy's second collection of well written fair-play Puzzle stories featuring her strange little armchair amateur detective who drinks milk, eats cheesecake, and compulsively ties and unties complex knots in pieces of string. All twelve stories are cleverly constructed and offer readers the pleasure of trying to solve the cases before the Old Man in the Corner announces his own conclusions to the young female journalist who sits near him in a small London restaurant.Orczy originally published these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in two separate series--"The Mysteries of London" (1901; 6 stories) and "The Mysteries of Great Cities" (1902; 7 stories--with "The Glasgow Mystery" NOT being reprinted in any of her books because it contained an error pertaining to Scottish law). While putting together THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER, Baroness Orczy revised her stories somewhat, transforming first-person narratives into third-person ones, giving names to her two main characters, and providing a fuller background (and a fiancé) for the female journalist, who originally had been the narrator; further, Orczy re-arranged the sequence of her stories, retitled two of them, and gave 36 "chapter titles" to them and their sub-parts so that the book would appear to be an episodic novel (this was a common marketing ploy, since publishers had found that novels usually sold better than collections of short stories did).In order of their final sequence, the dozen stories are "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" (a murder case), "The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace" (involving diamonds and cash), "The York Mystery" (murder), "The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" (murder again), "The Liverpool Mystery" (theft of cash), "The Edinburgh Mystery" (theft of jewelry and apparently murder), "The Theft at the English Provident Bank" (theft of cash again), "The Dublin Mystery" (a forged will and murder), "An Unparalleled Outrage" (a blackmail case; originally titled "The Brighton Mystery"), "The Regent's Park Murder" (the murder of a successful gambler; first published in Sep. 1901, but reset in Feb. 1907), "The De Genneville Peerage" (murder yet again; originally titled "The Birmingham Mystery"), and "The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (robbery and death by exposure to cold).The original magazine texts of six of these stories can be read in the anthology RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Castle Books, 1978), edited by Alan K. Russell, and the original texts of three more can be found in THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (Dover, 1980), edited by E. F. Bleiler (which is NOT a reprint of the 1909 collection). Both of these books reprint "The Glasgow Mystery," which Orczy never republished.By the way (as many people have pointed out), a small mystery exists about the sequencing of the publication of Orczy's first two old-man-in-the-corner books. Following the magazine publication of her first two series of such stories in 1901 and 1902, Baroness Orczy published twelve more of these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in 1904-05. Orczy then collected the third series in a book titled THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT (1905). Finally, four years later, she published her collection of twelve of the first two series (revised as indicated) as THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909).Perhaps the solution to that sequencing puzzle centers around the fact that the sixth story to appear in magazine form--"The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (Oct. 1901)--originally was intended to END the entire series with the old man leaving the restaurant and never being seen again. It seems "logical" that Baroness Orczy, after yielding to pressure to write the two additional series (1902 and 1904-05), would wish to place that "final" mystery (which has a rather shocking, totally different sort of solution) as the concluding story in her second and (as she then, mistakenly, assumed) LAST collection of such works.Like many other authors, Orczy has several favorite plot tricks that she likes to recycle from time to time. If you read more of her collections of short mysteries--including THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT, LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD, SKIN O' MY TOOTH, and UNRAVELLED KNOTS (a third collection of old-man-in-the-corner stories, published in 1924 and 1925)--expect to see this. For me, this has not decreased the enjoyment of her stories; rather, I found added pleasure detecting and observing how she was able to make some old trick work in a whole new context.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A DOZEN EXCELLENT VINTAGE FAIR-PLAY PUZZLE STORIES By David R. Eastwood THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909) is Baroness Orczy's second collection of well written fair-play Puzzle stories featuring her strange little armchair amateur detective who drinks milk, eats cheesecake, and compulsively ties and unties complex knots in pieces of string. All twelve stories are cleverly constructed and offer readers the pleasure of trying to solve the cases before the Old Man in the Corner announces his own conclusions to the young female journalist who sits near him in a small London restaurant.Orczy originally published these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in two separate series--"The Mysteries of London" (1901; 6 stories) and "The Mysteries of Great Cities" (1902; 7 stories--with "The Glasgow Mystery" NOT being reprinted in any of her books because it contained an error pertaining to Scottish law). While putting together THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER, Baroness Orczy revised her stories somewhat, transforming first-person narratives into third-person ones, giving names to her two main characters, and providing a fuller background (and a fiancé) for the female journalist, who originally had been the narrator; further, Orczy re-arranged the sequence of her stories, retitled two of them, and gave 36 "chapter titles" to them and their sub-parts so that the book would appear to be an episodic novel (this was a common marketing ploy, since publishers had found that novels usually sold better than collections of short stories did).In order of their final sequence, the dozen stories are "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" (a murder case), "The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace" (involving diamonds and cash), "The York Mystery" (murder), "The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" (murder again), "The Liverpool Mystery" (theft of cash), "The Edinburgh Mystery" (theft of jewelry and apparently murder), "The Theft at the English Provident Bank" (theft of cash again), "The Dublin Mystery" (a forged will and murder), "An Unparalleled Outrage" (a blackmail case; originally titled "The Brighton Mystery"), "The Regent's Park Murder" (the murder of a successful gambler; first published in Sep. 1901, but reset in Feb. 1907), "The De Genneville Peerage" (murder yet again; originally titled "The Birmingham Mystery"), and "The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (robbery and death by exposure to cold).The original magazine texts of six of these stories can be read in the anthology RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Castle Books, 1978), edited by Alan K. Russell, and the original texts of three more can be found in THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (Dover, 1980), edited by E. F. Bleiler (which is NOT a reprint of the 1909 collection). Both of these books reprint "The Glasgow Mystery," which Orczy never republished.By the way (as many people have pointed out), a small mystery exists about the sequencing of the publication of Orczy's first two old-man-in-the-corner books. Following the magazine publication of her first two series of such stories in 1901 and 1902, Baroness Orczy published twelve more of these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in 1904-05. Orczy then collected the third series in a book titled THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT (1905). Finally, four years later, she published her collection of twelve of the first two series (revised as indicated) as THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909).Perhaps the solution to that sequencing puzzle centers around the fact that the sixth story to appear in magazine form--"The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (Oct. 1901)--originally was intended to END the entire series with the old man leaving the restaurant and never being seen again. It seems "logical" that Baroness Orczy, after yielding to pressure to write the two additional series (1902 and 1904-05), would wish to place that "final" mystery (which has a rather shocking, totally different sort of solution) as the concluding story in her second and (as she then, mistakenly, assumed) LAST collection of such works.Like many other authors, Orczy has several favorite plot tricks that she likes to recycle from time to time. If you read more of her collections of short mysteries--including THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT, LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD, SKIN O' MY TOOTH, and UNRAVELLED KNOTS (a third collection of old-man-in-the-corner stories, published in 1924 and 1925)--expect to see this. For me, this has not decreased the enjoyment of her stories; rather, I found added pleasure detecting and observing how she was able to make some old trick work in a whole new context.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A DOZEN EXCELLENT VINTAGE FAIR-PLAY PUZZLE STORIES By David R. Eastwood THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909) is Baroness Orczy's second collection of well written fair-play Puzzle stories featuring her strange little armchair amateur detective who drinks milk, eats cheesecake, and compulsively ties and unties complex knots in pieces of string. All twelve stories are cleverly constructed and offer readers the pleasure of trying to solve the cases before the Old Man in the Corner announces his own conclusions to the young female journalist who sits near him in a small London restaurant.Orczy originally published these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in two separate series--"The Mysteries of London" (1901; 6 stories) and "The Mysteries of Great Cities" (1902; 7 stories--with "The Glasgow Mystery" NOT being reprinted in any of her books because it contained an error pertaining to Scottish law). While putting together THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER, Baroness Orczy revised her stories somewhat, transforming first-person narratives into third-person ones, giving names to her two main characters, and providing a fuller background (and a fiancé) for the female journalist, who originally had been the narrator; further, Orczy re-arranged the sequence of her stories, retitled two of them, and gave 36 "chapter titles" to them and their sub-parts so that the book would appear to be an episodic novel (this was a common marketing ploy, since publishers had found that novels usually sold better than collections of short stories did).In order of their final sequence, the dozen stories are "The Fenchurch Street Mystery" (a murder case), "The Robbery in Phillimore Terrace" (involving diamonds and cash), "The York Mystery" (murder), "The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" (murder again), "The Liverpool Mystery" (theft of cash), "The Edinburgh Mystery" (theft of jewelry and apparently murder), "The Theft at the English Provident Bank" (theft of cash again), "The Dublin Mystery" (a forged will and murder), "An Unparalleled Outrage" (a blackmail case; originally titled "The Brighton Mystery"), "The Regent's Park Murder" (the murder of a successful gambler; first published in Sep. 1901, but reset in Feb. 1907), "The De Genneville Peerage" (murder yet again; originally titled "The Birmingham Mystery"), and "The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (robbery and death by exposure to cold).The original magazine texts of six of these stories can be read in the anthology RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Castle Books, 1978), edited by Alan K. Russell, and the original texts of three more can be found in THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (Dover, 1980), edited by E. F. Bleiler (which is NOT a reprint of the 1909 collection). Both of these books reprint "The Glasgow Mystery," which Orczy never republished.By the way (as many people have pointed out), a small mystery exists about the sequencing of the publication of Orczy's first two old-man-in-the-corner books. Following the magazine publication of her first two series of such stories in 1901 and 1902, Baroness Orczy published twelve more of these stories in THE ROYAL MAGAZINE in 1904-05. Orczy then collected the third series in a book titled THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT (1905). Finally, four years later, she published her collection of twelve of the first two series (revised as indicated) as THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER (1909).Perhaps the solution to that sequencing puzzle centers around the fact that the sixth story to appear in magazine form--"The Mysterious Death in Percy Street" (Oct. 1901)--originally was intended to END the entire series with the old man leaving the restaurant and never being seen again. It seems "logical" that Baroness Orczy, after yielding to pressure to write the two additional series (1902 and 1904-05), would wish to place that "final" mystery (which has a rather shocking, totally different sort of solution) as the concluding story in her second and (as she then, mistakenly, assumed) LAST collection of such works.Like many other authors, Orczy has several favorite plot tricks that she likes to recycle from time to time. If you read more of her collections of short mysteries--including THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT, LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD, SKIN O' MY TOOTH, and UNRAVELLED KNOTS (a third collection of old-man-in-the-corner stories, published in 1924 and 1925)--expect to see this. For me, this has not decreased the enjoyment of her stories; rather, I found added pleasure detecting and observing how she was able to make some old trick work in a whole new context.
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