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Description edit
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve crimes in between wisecracks and martinis.
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Characters/People edit
- Nick Charles: Detective more interested in drinking is pulled back into the business by his wife.
- Nora Charles: Nick's wife
- Dorothy Wynant: Daughter of Clyde Wynant
- Shep Morelli: Gangster
- Mrs. Mimi Jorgensen: Ex-wife of Clyde Wynant
- Gilbert Wynant: Son of Clyde Wynant
- Julia Wolf: Secretary and mistress of Clyde Wynant
- Alice: Sister of Clyde Wynant
- Clyde Wynant: Well known inventor
- Christian Jorgensen: Married to Mimi, Clyde's ex-wife
- Larry Crowley: Press agent and friend of Nick and Nora
- Dorry: Dorothy's nickname
- Packer: Man from a story Gilbert read
- Andy: Detective helping Guild
- Harrison Quinn: Broker
- Miriam: Nunheim's girlfriend
- Studsy: Owns a speakeasy
- Hermann: Mining engineer, client of Macaulay
- Nunheim: Small time hood
- Herbert Macaulay: Lawyer for Clyde Wynant
- Guild: Detective in charge of Wynant case
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I was leaning against the bar in a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for Nora to finish her Christmas shopping, when a girl got up from the table where she had been sitting with three other people and came over to me.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Private Investigator/Noir: 1930's Film Noir type
Series & Lists edit
This is book 652 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (publisher edition list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 31 of 100 in Top 100 Mysteries of All Time (Mystery Writers of America, 1995). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dashiell Hammett (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1933
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 201
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1933
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 201
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.52
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Movie Connections edit
- The Thin Man (IMDb): Produced in 1934. Starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles.
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