The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians

The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians

cover by Frank Utpatel for The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians
Author August Derleth
Illustrator Frank Utpatel
Cover artist Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Series Solar Pons
Genre Detective fiction short story
Publisher Mycroft & Moran
Publication date
1968
Media type Print (Chapbook)
Pages 38 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by The Casebook of Solar Pons
Followed by Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey

"The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" is a detective fiction short story by author August Derleth. It was released in 1968 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 2,012 copies. The chapbook is illustrated by Frank Utpatel. The story is part of Derleth's Solar Pons series of pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. It is a Christmas story about Ebenezer Snawley, an eccentric collector of Dickensiana who dresses in 19th-century clothing and is harassed by a man who bawls street cries near his dwelling. The story was eventually collected in The Chronicles of Solar Pons.

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