Raymond Chandler
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Born
Chicago, Illinois, 1888
Died
La Jolla, California, 1959
Publications
Novels, stories, screenplays
Genres
Crime, mystery, hardboiled detective fiction, suspense
Writing language
English
Place of writing
United States
Literature
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Novels
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Novel Series
• Philip Marlowe (1939–1958)
American Literature
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Crime and Mystery
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The High Window (1942)
• The Lady in the Lake (1943)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
First appearance of works in book form
1939
The Big Sleep Novel
1940
Farewell, My Lovely Novel
1942
The High Window Novel
1943
The Lady in the Lake Novel
1944
Five Murderers Five stories
"Blackmailers Don't Shoot", "Spanish Blood". "Guns at Cyrano's", "Goldfish", "Nevada Gas"
1945
Five Sinister Characters Five stories
"Trouble Is My Business", "Pearls Are a Nuisance", "I'll Be Waiting", "The King in Yellow", "Red Wind"
1946
The Finger Man and Other Stories Three stories and an essay
Stories: "Finger Man", "The Smart-Aleck Kill", "The Bronze Door"; essay: "The Simple Art of Murder"
Spanish Blood Five stories
Previously published in Five Murderers and Five Sinister Characters
Red Wind Five stories
Previously published in Five Murderers and Five Sinister Characters
1949
The Little Sister Novel
1950
The Simple Art of Murder Twelve stories and an essay
"Pick-up on Noon Street", rest previously published in collections
Trouble is My Business Five stories
Previously published in collections
1952
Pick-up on Noon Street Four stories
Previously published in collections
1953
The Long Goodbye Novel
Smart-Aleck Kill Four stories
Previously published in collections
1958
Playback Novel
Pearls Are a Nuisance Three stories and an essay
Previously published in collections
1962
Raymond Chandler Speaking Letters, essays, fiction
1964
Killer in the Rain Eight stories
"Killer in the Rain", "The Man Who Liked Dogs". "The Curtain", "Try the Girl", "Mandarin's Jade", "Bay City Blues", "The Lady in the Lake", "No Crime in the Mountains"
1965
The Smell of Fear Fourteen stories
"The Pencil", rest previously published in collections
1973
Chandler Before Marlowe: raymond Chandler's Early Prose and Poetry, 1908–1912 Prose and poetry
1976
The Blue Dahlia Screenplay
1985
Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback Screenplay
1989
Poodle Springs Novel, completed by Robert B. Parker
1995
Later Novels and Other Writings Novels, stories, screenplays, essays
Screenplay: Double Indemnity
2002
Raymond Chandler: Collected Stories Twenty-five stories.
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Buy the book:
The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window (Everyman's Library)
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