The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Edwardian Mysteries, Chinese Fantasy, British WitBy Ernest Bramah
Length82h 4m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah gathers the remarkable range of a writer who moved with equal assurance through detective fiction, fantasy, satire, and comic romance. Its two best-known achievements, the Max Carrados mysteries and the Kai Lung tales, reveal Bramah's distinctive literary gifts: intricate plotting, aphoristic wit, formal elegance, and a taste for paradox. Carrados, the blind detective, stands beside Holmes as a brilliant variation on the rational investigator, while Kai Lung's ornate pseudo-Chinese narratives transform Edwardian fantasy into a vehicle for irony, fable, and linguistic virtuosity. Ernest Bramah Smith (1868–1942) was an English author of unusual reserve and versatility, whose varied experiences—agricultural work, journalism, secretarial employment, and immersion in popular periodical culture—helped shape his practical yet highly stylized imagination. His fiction reflects both the entertainments of late Victorian and Edwardian publishing and a private delight in verbal artifice. Bramah's fascination with systems, disguises, and social absurdities informs both his crime stories and his exotic comic fantasies. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in the breadth of early twentieth-century popular literature. It offers ingenious mysteries, refined humor, and fantastical storytelling of rare verbal charm, rewarding both casual readers and scholars of genre fiction.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Fantasy
Length82 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 25, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Complete Works of Ernest Bramah (Including Max Carrados Mysteries & Kai Lung Fantasy Series)
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6Max Carrados Series:
7MAX CARRADOS (pt. 1)
8MAX CARRADOS (pt. 2)
9MAX CARRADOS (pt. 3)
10MAX CARRADOS (pt. 4)
11THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (pt. 1)
12THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (pt. 2)
13THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (pt. 3)
14THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (pt. 4)
15THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS (pt. 5)
16MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES (pt. 1)
17MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES (pt. 2)
18MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES (pt. 3)
19MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES (pt. 4)
20THE BRAVO OF LONDON (pt. 1)
21THE BRAVO OF LONDON (pt. 2)
22THE BRAVO OF LONDON (pt. 3)
23THE BRAVO OF LONDON (pt. 4)
24Kai Lung Series:
25THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG (pt. 1)
26THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG (pt. 2)
27THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG (pt. 3)
28THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG (pt. 4)
29KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS (pt. 1)
30KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS (pt. 2)
31KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS (pt. 3)
32KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS (pt. 4)
33KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (pt. 1)
34KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (pt. 2)
35KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (pt. 3)
36KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (pt. 4)
37KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT (pt. 5)
38Other Novels:
39THE MIRROR OF KONG HO (pt. 1)
40THE MIRROR OF KONG HO (pt. 2)
41THE MIRROR OF KONG HO (pt. 3)
42THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE: The Story of a Social War (pt. 1)
43THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE: The Story of a Social War (pt. 2)
44THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE: The Story of a Social War (pt. 3)
45THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE: The Story of a Social War (pt. 4)
46THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE: The Story of a Social War (pt. 5)
47Analysis
48Reflection
49Memorable Quotes
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