y The Mystery of a Hansom Cab single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886 1886
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form y The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 1911 single work film/TV Based on Fergus Hume's popular 1886 novel, the story begins with the murder of a playboy, Oliver White, who is on his way home late one night in a hansom cab. The various scenes are then played out in front of well-known Melbourne landmarks, including the Orient Hotel, the Melbourne Club, the St Kilda Esplanade, Melbourne Gaol, and several prominent St Kilda homes.
form y The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Glen Dolman , 2012 single work film/TV

'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a tightly plotted murder thriller, a massive best seller that was a forerunner to Sherlock Holmes. As much a study of sophisticated 19th century Melbourne as it is of its captivating characters, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is a compelling telemovie with a surprise ending that no-one will guess.'

Source: Burberry Productions website, http://www.burberry.com.au/
Sighted: 09/07/2012

Notes

  • Also available as a sound recording and in large print format. Study notes available.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne: Kemp and Boyce , 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today Rachel Franks , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii)
Whodunit Gets a Shot at TV Amanda Dunn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 May 2012; Dunn notes the commencement of shooting of a new ABC tele-movie based on Hume's novel
Melbourne by the Book John Bailey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 August 2012;
Untitled Ruby Murray , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 14 2012;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
y Sensational Melbourne : Reading, Sensation Fiction and 'Lady Audley's Secret' in the Victorian Metropolis Susan K. Martin , Kylie Mirmohamadi , 2011 single work criticism 'Colonial Melbournians were mad about Sensation fiction - full of thrills and scandal; divorce, bigamy, mistaken identity and murder. Sensational Melbourne takes us through the libraries, the shops, the tramways, the theatres, the back lanes and the drawing rooms of Marvelous Melbourne, and shows how the city was built on words as much as gold. It traces the passage of the most popular novel of the nineteenth century, Lady Audley's Secret, from England to Melbourne's port and through the cultural byways of Melbourne out through the suburbs, and into Australian literature.' -- Back cover.
Brought to Book Vane Lindesay , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
A New Edition of the 19th Century's Best-Selling Whodunit Jeff Popple , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 4 April 1999;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
A Handsome Mystery Tested by Time Chris Brice , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 March 1999;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
Coming Soon 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 February 1999;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
Mystery in Old St Kilda Ray Davie , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 December 1985;
— Review of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 1886 single work novel ;
Murder, truths and love Sally Bird , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 10 March 2001;
An Outline of Australian Literature : Third Period Continued - Chapter VI H. M. Green , 1930 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: An Outline of Australian Literature 1930;
The Case of the Missing Genre : In Search of Australian Crime Fiction Stephen Knight , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 48 no. 3 1988;
An Arresting Collection of Crime Mysteries Katharine England , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 January 1989;
y Writing the Colonial Adventure : Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875-1914 Robert Dixon , 1995 single work criticism

Includes chapters on subjects ranging from the representation of property and ethics in 19th century novels, captivity narratives, romantic narratives, the occult, crime fiction and empire, and the representation of the 'Asiatic' in The Lone Hand.

Includes discussion of the influence of British writers H. Rider Haggard, Sir Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Subjects:
  • Murder & manslaughter
  • Detectives
  • Lawyers
  • Police
  • Marriage conflict
  • Blackmail & extortion
  • Courtship
  • Sexual relations
  • Conflicts
  • Class differences
  • Urban life
  • Fathers & daughters
Settings:
  • Melbourne Victoria
  • 1880-1889