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J. Jefferson Farjeon

The prolific UK author and playwright Joseph Jefferson Farjeon was born into a family of writers (Wikipedia), father Benjamin, sister Eleanor, brothers Herbert and composer Harry. Under his own name and pen names such as Anthony Swift, he wrote over eighty novels, mainly mystery and detective novels (GADetection, GoodReads, IMDB).

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Born 4 June 1883
Died 6 June 1955

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  • Cover of: Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story

    Cover of edition mysteryinwhitech0000farj First published in 1938 — 11 editions
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    First published in 1936 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: House Opposite

    First published in 1931 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Z murders

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  • Cover of: Ben on the Job

    First published in 1985 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: No. 17

    First published in 1926 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Compleat Smuggler: A Book About Smuggling In England, America And Elsewhere Past And Present

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  • Cover of: The judge sums up [microform]

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  • Cover of: Detective Ben

    First published in 1936 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1932 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1935 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Murderer's Trail

    First published in 1931 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The House of Disappearance

    First published in 1927 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case

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  • Cover of: The 5.18 mystery

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  • Cover of: The crook' shadow.

    First published in 1927 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The person called "Z".

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Born 4 June 1883
Died 6 June 1955

Subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, Murder, Investigation, Fiction, crime, Golden Age mystery, Meurtre, Romans, nouvelles, Tramps, Ben the Tramp (Fictitious character), Crime, fiction, Enquêtes, Homeless persons, Vagabonds, Christmas, Conspiracies, Conspiracies, fiction, Conspiration, Designs and plans, Detective and mystery stories, Domestic Architecture, England, fiction, Englisch, English Dectective and mystery stories, English literature

Places

England, Hemmersby

Time

1920s

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Alternative names

  • Jeffrey Jefferson Farjeon
  • J. Farjeon
  • J Farjeon
  • Anthony Swift
  • J. Jefferson Farjeon (author)
  • Jefferson Farjeon J
  • J. Jefferson FARJEON

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