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The Luck of the Vails

1901 novel

The Luck of the Vails is a 1901 mystery crime novel by the British writer E.F. Benson, later better known as the author of the Mapp and Lucia series.[1] It was one of only two ventures he made into the genre during his prolific career along with The Blotting Book (1908).[2] In his autobiography Benson numbered it as one of only four of his novels he was satisfied with.[3]

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The plot revolves around a cursed golden goblet that has been in the possession of the Vail family for generations. It largely downplays the supernatural elements in favour of traditional mystery. A later novel The Inheritor (1930) also revolved around a family curse.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Reilly p.100-101
  2. [2]
    Edwards p.22
  3. [3]
    Weatherhead p.51
  4. [4]
    Joshi p.150

Bibliography

  • Edwards, Martin. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books. Poisoned Pen Press, 2017,
  • Joshi, S. T. Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopaedia of Our Worst Nightmares, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Weatherhead, Andrew Kingsley. Upstairs: Writers and Residences. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2000.


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