E. C. Bentley

Quotes

• “What I like about Clive / Is that he is no longer alive. / There is a great deal to be said / For being dead.”

• “I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese.”

• “[S]he had a singular spaciousness of mind in which nothing little or mean could live.”

• “He was less afraid of gentlemen than of most other kinds of men; for instinct told him that, however detestable a gentleman's personal character might be, he was usually not inclined to be censorious or even inquisitive about the conduct of his fellow-creatures.”

• “Is it a cosmic law, d'you think, that conceited men's hats are always too small?”

Books by E. C. Bentley in order

Books by E. C. Bentley in the order they were published, from Trent’s Last Case (1900) to Biography for Beginners. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous (2017).

1. 1Trent’s Last CaseTrent’s Last Case1900
2. 2Biography for BeginnersBiography for Beginners1905
3. 3Peace Year in the City, 1918-1919Peace Year in the City, 1918-19191920
4. 4More BiographyMore Biography1929
5. 5Trent's Own CaseTrent's Own Case1936
6. 6More Than SomewhatMore Than Somewhat1937
7. 7Trent IntervenesTrent Intervenes1938
8. 8Baseless BiographyBaseless Biography1939
9. 9Those DaysThose Days1940
10. 10The Best of Damon RunyonThe Best of Damon Runyon1943
11. 11Elephant's WorkElephant's Work1950
12. 12Clerihews CompleteClerihews Complete1951
13. 13Trent's Case BookTrent's Case Book1953
14. 14These Chariots of FireThese Chariots of Fire1959
15. 15Letters from MotherLetters from Mother1964
16. 16The Complete Clerihews of E. Clerihew BentleyThe Complete Clerihews of E. Clerihew Bentley1981
17. 17The First ClerihewsThe First Clerihews1982
18. 18Biography for Beginners. Being a Collection of MiscellaneousBiography for Beginners. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous2017

Series by E. C. Bentley

• Philip Trent

Lists with books by E. C. Bentley

• Books like The A.B.C. Murders