The Lonely House
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 American first edition | |
| Author | Marie Belloc Lowndes |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Hercules Popeau |
| Genre | Mystery detective |
| Publisher | Hutchinson Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1920 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The Lonely House is a 1920 mystery detective novel by the British author Marie Belloc Lowndes.[1] It features the French police detective Hercules Popeau, a near exact contemporary creation as Agatha Christie's Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot. It initiated a dispute between the two authors with Lowndes claiming that Christie had effectively stolen her character and complained to the Society of Authors.[2] In 1924 Lowndes adapted it for the stage, and it premiered in Eastbourne.[3] Hercules Popeau appeared in several short stories and another novel One of Those Ways, but never enjoyed the same levels of popularity as Poirot.
