Love Insurance

Mystery & Suspense, Traditional British, Fiction & Literature, Humorous
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Author: Earl Derr Biggers ISBN: 9781473371637
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Publication: July 3, 2015
Imprint: White Press Language: English
Author: Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 9781473371637
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Publication: July 3, 2015
Imprint: White Press
Language: English

This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Love Insurance"sees Lord Harrowby come to Lloyds of London with a most unusual request for insurance. Knowing that Lloyds takes out policies on unusual risks, he requests insurance of a most unusual kind... love insurance. What follows is a comic novel of improbable dimensions, by the world-famous creator of Chinese detective Charlie Chan. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. Following in their footsteps upon graduating, he himself began a career as a popular writer, penning humorous articles and reviews for the Boston Traveler. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story "The House Without a Key" (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.

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This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Love Insurance"sees Lord Harrowby come to Lloyds of London with a most unusual request for insurance. Knowing that Lloyds takes out policies on unusual risks, he requests insurance of a most unusual kind... love insurance. What follows is a comic novel of improbable dimensions, by the world-famous creator of Chinese detective Charlie Chan. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. Following in their footsteps upon graduating, he himself began a career as a popular writer, penning humorous articles and reviews for the Boston Traveler. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story "The House Without a Key" (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.

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