Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 505 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1865 1947 Orczy, Baroness Emmuska Barstow, Montagu, Mrs. The Old Man in the Corner Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Corner Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a collection of detective stories written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the enigmatic character known as the "old man in the corner," who engages in discussions with a young newspaper reporter, Polly Burton. Their conversations delve into various unsolved crimes, with the old man displaying his sharp intellect and keen deduction skills as he lays bare the motives and methods behind each mystery. At the start of the book, Polly Burton encounters the old man while she enjoys her luncheon at a café. Irked by his assertion that mysteries can be unraveled with intelligence, she challenges him with the infamous Fenchurch Street mystery, which has baffled the police for months. The old man recounts the tale of William Kershaw, who disappears under mysterious circumstances after a series of dubious financial dealings with a wealthy Siberian known as Smethurst. The complexity of the narrative is revealed as the old man weaves details about Kershaw's past, the relationship with his wife, and the suspicious letters exchanged, creating a suspenseful scenario where his deductive prowess promises to shed light on what truly transpired. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Detective Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: British Literature 451961 2025-10-05T03:57:23.847432 text/html 428270 2024-10-28T17:52:39 text/html 358342 2025-10-05T03:57:31.849383 application/epub+zip 366357 2025-10-05T03:57:26.710360 application/epub+zip 232089 2025-10-05T03:57:25.444368 application/epub+zip 729071 2025-10-05T03:57:35.890317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 696155 2025-10-05T03:57:31.011347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379237 2022-09-05T08:30:21.936324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427312 2025-10-05T03:57:22.848428 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 407514 2024-10-28T17:52:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16859 2025-10-05T03:57:36.019308 application/rdf+xml 13437 2025-10-05T03:57:25.946358 image/jpeg 3774 2025-10-05T03:57:25.693428 image/jpeg 349011 2025-10-05T03:57:23.890402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia