The Silver Bullet
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- Readers with some English proficiency who want to try English-language novels
- Readers interested in British popular fiction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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- Read one chapter first to gauge the language difficulty, then decide whether to read closely or extensively
- Note unfamiliar words and old-fashioned expressions while reading to build English vocabulary
- Read alongside other works by Hume to observe his narrative characteristics
- If reading for research purposes, consult background materials on the work's era of publication as well
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About the author
Fergus Hume (1859–1932) was a British novelist. Born in England, he moved with his family to New Zealand as a child, studied at the University of Otago and qualified as a lawyer. In 1885 he went to Melbourne, and the following year he published The Mystery of a Hansom Cab at his own expense, achieving instant fame; the book is regarded as a bestselling classic in the history of detective fiction. In 1888 Hume returned to England to settle, and thereafter devoted himself to detective and suspense fiction, producing more than a hundred works in his lifetime, of which 66 are held in this collection, including The Silent House, The Gentleman Who Vanished and The Spider. He died in Essex in 1932.
