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The Collected Stories of Rumpole

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Description for The Collected Stories of Rumpole paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.

Horace Rumpole - witty, eloquent, dishevelled and cynical - is one of fiction's best-loved barristers-at-law. In these twenty classic tales, Rumpole battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome She Who Must Be Obeyed.

These collected stories, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time, are a definitive introduction to one of the wisest and wittiest characters in British comic writing and a ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141198293
SKU
9780141198293
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About John Mortimer
John Mortimer (1923-2009) was a novelist, playwright and barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels (Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained, and The Sound of Trumpets) featuring Leslie Titmuss. Sir John received a CBE in 1986 and a knighthood for his services to the arts in 1998. Sam Leith is the ... Read more

Reviews for The Collected Stories of Rumpole
I thank Heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole
Clive James Rumpole is simply one of the great fictional characters of modern English literature
Marcel Berlin
Sunday Times
The best mock heroic fatty since Falstaff
Alan Coren

Goodreads reviews for The Collected Stories of Rumpole


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