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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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English novelist and playwright (1883–1955)

Born 4 June 1883
Died 6 June 1955

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

    First published in 1938 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mysteryinwhitech0000farj
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    First published in 1936 9 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1931 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Z murders

    First published in 1932 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition zmurders0000farj_l2l9
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    First published in 1926 4 editions in 2 languages
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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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    First published in 1927 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Detective Ben

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  • Cover of: Ben Sees It Through

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  • Cover of: Murderer's Trail

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  • Cover of: Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case

    First published in 2016 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The 5.18 mystery

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English novelist and playwright (1883–1955)

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, Conspiration, Designs and plans, Domestic Architecture, England, fiction, Englisch, English Dectective and mystery stories, English literature, Extortion, Fiction, thrillers, general
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England, Hemmersby

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

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