Bøker av Dornford Yates

Step into the world of English country houses and gentlemanly adventure with this delightful tale of high-society intrigue and romance. In "Johan and Co.", Dornford Yates offers a glimpse into the glamorous lives of the English aristocracy in the early 20th century, complete with vintage cars, secret societies, and daring heists.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Jonah and Co. is a 1922 collection of comic short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. All of the stories in Jonah and Co. had originally appeared in The Windsor Magazine between October 1921 and September 1922, although the original editions of the book (until ca 1925) included a Prologue and Epilogue that had not been included in the magazine. These were subsequently reprinted in The Best of Berry (Dent's Classic Thrillers, 1989) as The Gypsy's Warning and The Fairy Child respectively.

"Dornford Yates" was the pseudonym of British novelist Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960), whose novels and short stories were best-sellers in the years between the First and Second World Wars.