A.E.W. Mason

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A.E.W. Mason


Born
in Dulwich, London, The United Kingdom
May 07, 1865

Died
November 22, 1948

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Major Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.

He studied at Dulwich College and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. He was a contemporary of fellow Liberal Anthony Hope, who went on to write the adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda.

His first novel, A Romance of Wastdale, was published in 1895. He was the author of more than 20 books, including At The Villa Rose (1910), a mystery novel in which he introduced his French detective, Inspector Hanaud. His best-known book is The Four Feathers, which has been made into several films. Many consider it his masterpiece. Other books are The House of th
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Average rating: 3.83 · 7,125 ratings · 650 reviews · 217 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Four Feathers

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3.92 avg rating — 5,239 ratings — published 1902 — 240 editions
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At the Villa Rose

3.43 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 1910 — 305 editions
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The House of the Arrow

3.45 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1924 — 103 editions
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The Affair at the Semiramis...

3.31 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1917 — 1118 editions
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The Witness for the Defense

3.61 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1914 — 89 editions
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The Prisoner in the Opal

3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1928 — 62 editions
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The Four Corners of the World

3.29 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1917 — 75 editions
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The Broken Road

3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1907 — 155 editions
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Running Water

3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1906 — 92 editions
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The House in Lordship Lane

3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1946 — 57 editions
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More books by A.E.W. Mason…
At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis... The House of the Arrow The Prisoner in the Opal They Wouldn't Be Chessmen The Ginger King The House in Lordship Lane
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“I think women gather up into themselves what they have been through much more than we (men) do. To them, what is past becomes a real part of them, as much a part of them as a limb; to us it's always something external, at the best the rung of a ladder, at the worst a weight on the heel.”
A.E.W. Mason, The Four Feathers

“Ya sabes cómo suceden las cosas -prosiguió-. Va una por la vida de una manera insípida, aburrida, y entonces, de pronto, un rostro se destaca de la muchedumbre de conocidos, un rostro al que estás segura de reconocer, como si fuera el rostro de un amigo aunque nunca lo hayas visto. Casi parece como si te encontraras de pronto con alguien a quien anduviste buscando mucho tiempo, y a quien recuperas con gran alegría. Bueno, pues los amigos son así... Son muy pocos, sin duda, aunque después de todo son esos pocos los que de verdad importan. A los amigos así no los pierdes, por mucho que estén ausentes, o incluso... muertos.”
A.E.W. Mason, The Four Feathers

“-Hay muchas cosas irrevocables- dijo Harry-, pero nunca se sabe si lo son o no, hasta que se ha averiguado. Y siempre vale la pena hacerlo.”
A.E.W. Mason, The Four Feathers

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June 2025 Old School Classics Poll

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 122 pages, 1913
 
  57 votes, 31.5%

The Devil's Pool by George Sand, 108 pages, 1846
 
  31 votes, 17.1%

 
  29 votes, 16.0%

The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells, 227 pages, 1910
 
  19 votes, 10.5%

Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy, 571 pages, 1871
 
  17 votes, 9.4%

 
  15 votes, 8.3%

 
  13 votes, 7.2%

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