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My new project is to read Erle Stanley Gardner's series in order. This is number 2 (by publication date).
Copyrighted 1933, the characters are stereotypically portrayed. The men smoke, wear hats, and don't show emotion. The women are efficient, dutiful, and actually are the ones who solve the problems.
Della Street, ever loyal, is Perry Mason's confidante, receptionist and friend, and cohort to setting the figurative stage for cases to reach their climactic conclusions. Della is an accurate judg ...more
Copyrighted 1933, the characters are stereotypically portrayed. The men smoke, wear hats, and don't show emotion. The women are efficient, dutiful, and actually are the ones who solve the problems.
Della Street, ever loyal, is Perry Mason's confidante, receptionist and friend, and cohort to setting the figurative stage for cases to reach their climactic conclusions. Della is an accurate judg ...more
I didn't see the end coming. The solution was a surprise. Just the way I like.
Though I missed Della Street and Paul Drake. There wasn't much they were doing here... Plus, a bit too many words given to Perry Mason's posture, expression, etc. ...more
Though I missed Della Street and Paul Drake. There wasn't much they were doing here... Plus, a bit too many words given to Perry Mason's posture, expression, etc. ...more
The second Perry Mason mystery is a relic of its times, the 1930s. One sees the development of Perry Mason with many of the attributes of his character which would become synonymous with him in later books in the series, and television portrayals of the character. Paul Drake is also more fleshed out in this book. However, Della Street still remains one dimensional and has yet to develop the character traits that make her a standout in the books written during the 1940s. Key characters in the lat
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I've been reading Gardner's Perry Mason books for many years. I love the general setting: the characters of Perry, Della, Paul, Lt. Tragg, and Hamilton Burger. That, and the ingenious plots, are why I read Perry Mason.
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is the second one, from 1934. As in all the early ones, Perry is a hard boiled agressive ingenious fighter, not the more urbane established figure of the much later TV series.
The story begins when Frances (Fran) Celane ...more
On the whole, the ones written by about 1953 are the best. This is the second one, from 1934. As in all the early ones, Perry is a hard boiled agressive ingenious fighter, not the more urbane established figure of the much later TV series.
The story begins when Frances (Fran) Celane ...more
Gardner is a wonderful writer, I would love to see a modern TV show made on Perry Mason....all of his cases were ingenious!
In this book there is some old fashioned way of taking pictures by using explosive gases as flash. This was the only time when I was reminded that I was reading a really old book. Otherwise, the nosy pressman and everyone else behaved exactly as they would do today.
In this book there is some old fashioned way of taking pictures by using explosive gases as flash. This was the only time when I was reminded that I was reading a really old book. Otherwise, the nosy pressman and everyone else behaved exactly as they would do today.
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