Anniversaries, 1 November
Arthur Morrison
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about his childhood and parents. As a result, little is known about his early life except that he did...
Theme article
History of crime fiction
By: Johan Wopenka
Literary figure
Cesare Paul Randollph
Gender: Male
Methodist pastor in a rich congregation in Chicago, which gives him the possibility to live in a luxury flat (owned by the congregation) and to indulge in expensive clothes, good food and beautiful women – including his future wife, the TV star Samantha Stack. But Reverand Randollph, a former football-star in the NFL, also helps the members of his congregation, especially when a murder has been c...