''The Duke in the Suburbs'' is a 1909 novel by the British writer
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was ...
.
Unusually for Wallace, best known for his heavy thrillers, it is a comedy about a
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...
who goes to live in a street in the suburbs and the impact he has on the pretentious middle-class residents. It has been described as
Wodehousian
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...
in style.
[Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford Companion p.404]
References
Bibliography
* Sandra Kemp, Charlotte Mitchell & David Trotter. ''Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford Companion''. Oxford University Press, 1997.
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1909 British novels
British comedy novels
Novels by Edgar Wallace
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