The Four Just Men vs The Old Man in the Corner: Which Should You Read?

The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace · 1905 ★★★★☆ 3.9 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Challenging

“ON the fourteenth day of August, 190-, a tiny paragraph appeared at the foot of an unimportant page in London's most sober journal to the effect that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had been much annoyed by the receipt of a number of threatening letters, and was prepared to pay a reward of fifty pounds to any person who would give such information as would lead to the apprehension and c”

A Spanish resistance leader's safety in England is threatened by the passage through Parliament of the Aliens Extradition Bill. The minister responsible receives a message from four mysterious figures warning him to…

The Old Man in the Corner Emma Orczy · 1908 ★★★★☆ 4.1 219 pages · ≈ 4 h 03 m · Challenging

The Old Man (Bill Owen) sits in a cheap restaurant frequented by journalists and plays with a bit of string, which he ties into elaborate knots as he talks. Addressing himself to Polly Burton, a young newspaperwoman…