Ernest Bramah (20 March 1868 – 27 June 1942), the pseudonym of Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories...
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Kai Lung (開龍) is a fictional character in a series of books by Ernest Bramah, consisting of The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900), Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)...
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Bramah is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernest Bramah (1868–1942), English author John Joseph Bramah (1798–1846), English ironmaster...
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fictional blind detective in a series of mystery stories and books by Ernest Bramah, first published in 1914. George Orwell wrote that, together with those...
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widely held 13th-century belief amongst Scots that Englishmen had tails. Ernest Bramah referred to "the artful Muggles" in a detective story published decades...
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form—including works by authors such as James Branch Cabell, Lord Dunsany, Ernest Bramah, Hope Mirrlees, and William Morris. The series lasted until 1974. Envisioned...
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to Moloch. In the dystopian novel The Secret of the League (1907) by Ernest Bramah, Moloch is the name of a prototype flying-machine that goes off course...
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delusional. Max Carrados is a fictional blind detective created by Ernest Bramah, appearing in several works published between 1914 and 1934. In Samuel...
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established Chinese proverb, Ford Madox Ford having picked up a proverb from Ernest Bramah, "It would be hypocrisy to seek for the person of the Sacred Emperor...
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The Moon of Much Gladness (category Novels by Ernest Bramah)
writer Ernest Bramah, told by an unnamed narrator who may be Kai Lung, a fictional itinerant story-teller of ancient China from other books by Bramah. It...
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Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by English writer Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller...
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the vein of fantasy known as Chinoiserie, including such writers as Ernest Bramah and Barry Hughart. Beowulf is among the best known of the Old English...
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Galaxy Kai Lung, a character in an eponymous novel series written by Ernest Bramah Akihito Kai (born 1987), Japanese handball player Asami Kai (born 1987)...
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Dare BBC Radio 4 19 July 1997 The Ingenious Mind of Rigby Lacksome Ernest Bramah BBC Radio 4 5 March 1995 Life of Galileo Berthold Brecht BBC Radio 4...
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Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (category Novels by Ernest Bramah)
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. It was first published in 1928 and has been reprinted a number of times since...
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novels in the chinoiserie tradition include the Kai Lung stories by Ernest Bramah, The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, The Good Earth by Pearl S...
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The Secret of the League (category Novels by Ernest Bramah)
What Might Have Been is a 1907 British dystopian novel by Ernest Bramah (published in USA as The Secret of the League, 1909), which describes a successful...
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Mulberry Tree is a collection of fantasy stories by English writer Ernest Bramah featuring Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was...
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of May (also writes historical fiction and science fiction novels) Ernest Bramah, (1868–1942) author of the Kai Lung stories Libba Bray, (born 1964)...
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mannered "Chinese-esque" style of writing, such as that employed by Ernest Bramah in his Kai Lung stories, Barry Hughart in his Master Li & Number Ten...
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Block (born 1938, US) Deborah Blum (born 1954, US) Ernest Borneman (1915–1995, G/Austria) Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, E) Paolo Brera (1949–2019, It) Simon...
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by Robert W. Chambers (1970) Best Max Carrados Detective Stories, by Ernest Bramah (1972) Gods, Men and Ghosts, by Lord Dunsany (1972) The Best Dr. Thorndyke...
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Than Kicks Phyllis Bottome – Private Worlds Marjorie Bowen – Moss Rose Ernest Bramah – The Bravo of London James Branch Cabell – Smirt John Brophy – Waterfront...
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Raises His voice is a collection of fantasy stories by English writer Ernest Bramah featuring Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was...
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Kai Lung: Six is a collection of fantasy stories by English writer Ernest Bramah featuring Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. It was...
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The Bravo of London (category Novels by Ernest Bramah)
Bravo of London is a 1934 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Ernest Bramah. It featured his most celebrated character the blind detective Max Carrados...
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that dominates the fantasy marketplace." They compare his writing to Ernest Bramah's Kai Lung novels and Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee mysteries. School...
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Kai Lung's Golden Hours (category Novels by Ernest Bramah)
Kai Lung's Golden Hours is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. It was first published in hardcover in London by Grant Richards Ltd. in October...
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by the storyteller Kai Lung in Ernest Bramah's 1922 novel Kai Lung's Golden Hours. This short story, created by Bramah, is quite different from the standard...
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the Top Richard Braithwaite or Brathwait, (1588–1673), poet Ernest Bramah (born Ernest Bramah Smith, 1868–1942), novelist and humorist James Bramston (1694–1744)...
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