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This article is about Rex Stout's fictional detective. For other uses, see Nero Wolfe (disambiguation).
"Bitter End" — Carl Mueller illustrated Rex Stout's first Nero Wolfe novella for The American Magazine (November 1940)
"Bitter End" — Carl Mueller illustrated Rex Stout's
first Nero Wolfe novella for The American Magazine
(November 1940)

Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created by the American mystery writer Rex Stout, who made his debut in 1934. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rex Todhunter Stout ( December 1 1886 - October 27 1975) was an American Crime writer, best known as the creator of Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius in 33 novels and 39 short stories from the 1930s to the 1970s, with most of them set in New York City. Archie Goodwin is a Fictional character and detective in Rex Stout 's Nero Wolfe mysteries The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The City of New York The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Bouchercon, the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and Detective fiction [1]

Contents

Title character

I suggest beginning with autobiographical sketches from each of us, and here is mine. I was born in Montenegro and spent my early boyhood there. At the age of sixteen I decided to move around, and in fourteen years I became acquainted with most of Europe, a little of Africa, and much of Asia, in a variety of roles and activities. Coming to this country in nineteen-thirty, not penniless, I bought this house and entered into practice as a private detective. I am a naturalized American citizen.

– Nero Wolfe addressing the suspects in "Fourth of July Picnic" (1957)

Nero Wolfe's age was originally intended to be 56, at least in the first books[2]. And Four to Go (British title Crime and Again) is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published Some descriptions and remarks in the later books show that Rex Stout was allowing his principal characters to age somewhat, although much more slowly than the world they inhabit. The books take place contemporaneously with their writing, however, so that they do depict a changing landscape and society, primarily that of New York City, over the course of 40 years.

Wolfe is 5'11" or 180 cm tall and is frequently said by the books' narrator to weigh "a seventh of a ton" (about 286 pounds or 130 kg). At the time of the first book, 1934, this was intended to indicate unusual obesity, especially through the use of the word "ton" as the unit of measure. [3] Although capable of normal movement, Wolfe tries to adhere to a policy of never leaving his house for business reasons and seldom for any reason at all. As Archie says in chapter 8 of The Doorbell Rang, "(Wolfe) distrusted all machines more complicated than a wheelbarrow. The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 "

Origins

With one notable exception, the corpus implies or states that Nero Wolfe was born in Montenegro. Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! In the first chapter of Over My Dead Body (1939), Wolfe tells an FBI agent that he was born in the United States — a declaration at odds with all other references. Over My Dead Body is the seventh Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. Stout revealed the reason for the discrepancy in a letter obtained by his authorized biographer, John McAleer: "In the original draft of Over My Dead Body Nero was a Montenegrin by birth, and it all fitted previous hints as to his background; but violent protests from The American Magazine, supported by Farrar & Rinehart, caused his cradle to be transported five thousand miles. "[4]

"I got the idea of making Wolfe a Montenegrin from Louis Adamic," Stout told McAleer. Louis Adamic (Alojz Adamič ( March 23, 1899 – September 4, 1951) was a Slovene - American Author and Translator Everything Stout knew about Montenegrins he learned from Adamic's book The Native's Return (1934), or from Adamic himself, McAleer reported.

"Adamic describes the Montenegrin male as tall, commanding, dignified, courteous, hospitable," McAleer wrote. "He is reluctant to work, accustomed to isolation from women. He places women in a subordinate role. He is a romantic idealist, apt to go in for dashing effects to express his spirited nature. He is strong in family loyalties, has great pride, is impatient of restraint. Love of freedom is his outstanding trait. He is stubborn, fearless, unsubduable, capable of great self-denial to uphold his ideals. He is fatalistic toward death. In short, Rex had found for Wolfe a nationality that fitted him to perfection. "[5]

Wolfe is reticent about his youth, but apparently he was athletic, fit, and adventurous. Before World War I, he spied for the Austrian government, but had a change of heart when the war began. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He then joined the Serbian-Montenegrin army and fought against the Austrians and Germans. After a time in Europe and North Africa, he came to the United States.

In 1956, John D. Clark put forth a theory in the Baker Street Journal that Wolfe was the offspring of an affair between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (a character from "A Scandal in Bohemia"). John Drury Clark PhD ( August 15, 1907 -July 1988 was a noted American Rocket fuel developer Chemist, and Science fiction Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Irene Adler is a Fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story " A Scandal in Bohemia " by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published "A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle 's 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published in The Strand Magazine Clark suggested that the two had had an affair in Montenegro in 1892, and that Nero Wolfe was the result. The idea was later co-opted by William S. Baring-Gould, but there is no evidence that Rex Stout had any such connection in mind. William Stuart Baring-Gould (1913&ndash1967 was a noted Sherlock Holmes scholar best known as the author of the influential 1962 fictional biography Sherlock Holmes Certainly there is no mention of it in any of the stories (although a painting of Sherlock Holmes does hang over Archie Goodwin's desk in Nero Wolfe's office). Some commentators, noting both physical and psychological resemblances, suggest Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes as a more likely father for Wolfe. Mycroft Holmes is a Fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. There is also a curious coincidence: in the names "Sherlock Holmes" and "Nero Wolfe," the same vowels appear in the same order. In 1957 Ellery Queen called this "The Great O-E Theory" and suggested that it derives from the father of mysteries, Edgar Allan Poe. Ellery Queen is both a Fictional character and a Pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David Nathan Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, [6]

Some Wold Newton theorists have suggested the French thief Arsène Lupin as the father of Nero Wolfe, citing that in one of his stories Lupin has an affair with the queen of a Balkan principality which may be Montenegro by another name, and that Lupin is the French word for wolf. Arsène Lupin is a fictional Gentleman thief who appears in a Book series of Detective fiction / Crime fiction Novels written by [7]

Home

Nero Wolfe, who has expensive tastes, lives in a luxurious and comfortable New York City brownstone on West 35th Street. Brownstone is a brown Triassic Sandstone which was once a popular Building material. The brownstone has three floors, plus a large basement with living quarters, a rooftop greenhouse also with living quarters, and a small elevator, used almost exclusively by Wolfe. Other unique features include a timer-activated window-opening device that regulates the temperature in Wolfe's bedroom, an alarm system that sounds in Archie's room if someone approaches Wolfe's bedroom door, and climate-controlled plant rooms on the top floor. A well-known amateur orchid grower, Wolfe has 10,000 plants in the brownstone's greenhouse and employs three live-in staff to see to his needs.

In the course of the books, ten different street addresses on West 35th Street are given:

"Curiously, the 900 block of West 35th Street would be in the Hudson River," wrote Randy Cohen, who created a map of the literary stars' homes for The New York Times in 2005. Too Many Clients is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 and collected in the omnibus Murder by the Book is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1951 by the Viking Press, and collected in the omnibus Trouble in Triplicate is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1949 Too Many Women is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published in 1947 by the Viking Press. The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946 The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946 Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 Death of a Doxy is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1966 Randy Cohen is a US Writer and Humorist best known as the author of The Ethicist column in The New York Times Magazine "It's a non-address, the real estate equivalent of those 555 telephone numbers used in movies. " Cohen settled on 922 West 35th Street — the address printed on Archie's business card in The Silent Speaker — as Nero Wolfe's address. [9]

Writing as Archie Goodwin in his 1983 book, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, Ken Darby suggests that "the actual location was on East 22nd Street in the Gramercy Park District. Ken Darby ( May 13 1909 - January 24 1992) was an American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning Composer, vocal . . . Wolfe merely moved us, fictionally, from one place to the other in order to preserve his particular brand of privacy. As far as I can discover, there never were brownstone houses on West 35th Street. "[10]

Food

Stan Hunt's cartoon appeared in The American Magazine (June 1949).

Along with reading, enjoyment of good food is the keystone of Wolfe's mostly leisured existence. He is both a gourmand and a gourmet, dining on generous helpings of Fritz's cuisine three times a day. Shad roe is a particular favorite, prepared in a number of different ways. The shads or river herrings comprise the Genus Alosa, Fishes related to Herring in the family Clupeidae Archie, who heartily enjoys his food but lacks Wolfe's palate, laments at one point that "Every spring I get so fed up with shad roe that I wish to heaven fish would figure out some other way. Whales have. " [11] Shad roe is frequently the first course, followed by another Wolfe favorite, roasted or braised duck. Archie also complains that there is never corned beef or rye bread on Wolfe's table, and he sometimes ducks out to eat a corned beef sandwich at a nearby diner. But in "Black Orchids" a young woman gives Wolfe a cooking lesson in the preparation of corned beef hash. Black Orchids is a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout published in 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc Another contradiction: in Plot It Yourself Archie goes to a diner to eat "fried chicken like my Aunt Margie used to make it back in Ohio," since Fritz does not fry chicken. Plot It Yourself (British title Murder in Style) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press But in The Golden Spiders Fritz prepares fried chicken for Wolfe, Archie, Saul, Orrie, and Fred. The Golden Spiders is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout.

Wolfe displays an oenophile's knowledge of wine and brandy, but it is only implied that he drinks either. In And Be a Villain, he issues a dinner invitation and regrets doing so on short notice: "There will not be time to chambrer a claret properly, but we can have the chill off. And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by " Continuing the invitation, Wolfe says of a certain brandy, "I hope this won't shock you, but the way to do it is to sip it with bites of Fritz's apple pie. "[12]

On weekdays, Fritz serves Wolfe's breakfast in Wolfe's bedroom. Archie eats his separately in the kitchen, although if Wolfe has morning instructions for Archie, Wolfe will ask Fritz to send Archie upstairs first. For lunch and dinner, regularly scheduled mealtimes are part of Wolfe's daily routine. In an early story, Wolfe tells a guest that luncheon is served daily at 1:00 p. m. and dinner at 8:00, although later stories suggest that lunchtime may have been changed to 1:15 or 1:30, at least on Fridays. Lunch and dinner are served in the dining room. If Archie is in a rush due to pressing business or a social engagement, however, he will eat separately in the kitchen because Wolfe cannot bear to see a meal rushed. Wolfe also has a rule, sometimes bent but never overtly broken, that business is never discussed at the table.

Wolfe views much of life through the prism of food and dining, going so far as to say at one point that Voltaire ". François-Marie Arouet ( 21 November 1694 30 May 1778) better known by the Pen name Voltaire, was a French . . wasn't a man at all, since he had no palate and a dried-up stomach. "[13] He knows enough about fine cuisine to lecture on American cooking to Les Quinze Maîtres (a group of the 15 finest chefs in the world) in Too Many Cooks and to dine with the Ten for Aristology (a group of epicures) in "Poison à la Carte. Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Aristology is the Art or Science of Cooking and dining. It encompasses the preparation combination and presentation of dishes Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 " Wolfe does not, however, enjoy visiting restaurants (with the occasional exception of Rusterman's, owned for a time by Wolfe's best friend, Marco Vukcic); in The Red Box (1937), Wolfe states that "I know nothing of restaurants; short of compulsion, I would not eat in one were Vatel himself the chef. The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. François Vatel (1631 – April 24, 1671) was a French chef famous for inventing Chantilly cream, a sweet vanilla-flavoured whipped cream for an extravagant "[14]

It appears that Wolfe knows his way around the kitchen; in Too Many Cooks, he tells Jerome Berin, "I spend quite a little time in the kitchen myself. Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. "[15] In The Doorbell Rang, he offers to cook Yorkshire Buck for the 'teers, and in "Immune to Murder", the State Department asks him to prepare trout Montbarry for a visiting dignitary. The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 Three for the Chair is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 In The Black Mountain, Wolfe and Archie stay briefly in an unoccupied house in Italy on their way to Montenegro; Wolfe prepares a pasta dish using Romano cheese that, from "his memory of local custom," he finds in a hole in the ground. The Black Mountain is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1954 (The early story "Bitter End" suggests the contrary view that Wolfe was unable to prepare his own meals, as in that story Fritz's illness with the flu causes a household crisis and forces Wolfe to resort to canned liver pâté for his lunch. )

Wolfe's meals generally include an appetizer, a hearty main course, a salad served after the entrée (with the salad dressing mixed at tableside and used immediately), and a dessert course with coffee.

Orchids

Known for rigidly maintaining his personal schedule, Nero Wolfe is most inflexible when it comes to his routine in the rooftop plant rooms.

"Wolfe spends four hours a day with his orchids. Clients must accommodate themselves to this schedule," wrote Rex Stout's biographer John J. McAleer. "Rex does not use the orchid schedule to gloss over gummy plotting. Like the disciplines the sonneteer is bound by, the schedule is part of the framework he is committed to work within. The orchids and the orchid rooms sometimes are focal points in the stories. They are never irrelevant. In forty years Wolfe has scarcely ever shortened an orchid schedule. "[16]

"A dilly it was, this greenhouse," wrote Dr. John H. Vandermeulen in the February 1985 issue of the American Orchid Society Bulletin. The American Orchid Society is a Horticultural society devoted to the promotion cultivation and study of Orchids (plant family Orchidaceae

Entering from the stairs via a vestibule, there were three main rooms — one for cattleyas, laelias, and hybrids; one for odontoglossums, oncidiums, miltonias, and their hybrids; and a tropical room (according to Fer-de-Lance). Cattleya is a Genus of 42 species of Orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. Laelia, abbreviated L in horticultural trade is a small genus of eleven species from the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) Odontoglossum, first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a Genus of about 100 Orchids The scientific name is derived from the Greek words Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc in horticultural trade is a Genus that contains about 330 Species of Orchids from the subfamily Miltonia, abbreviated Milt in horticultural trade is a small genus of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) Fer-de-Lance is the first Nero Wolfe Detective novel written by Rex Stout, published in 1934 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc It must have been quite a sight with the angle-iron staging gleaming in its silver paint and on the concrete benches and shelves 10,000 pots of orchids in glorious, exultant bloom. [17]
Phalaenopsis hybrid
Phalaenopsis hybrid

"If Wolfe had a favorite orchid, it would be the genus Phalaenopsis," Robert M. Hamilton wrote in his article, "The Orchidology of Nero Wolfe," first printed in The Gazette: Journal of the Wolfe Pack (Volume 1, Spring 1979). "Archie notes them in eleven adventures. … Phalaenopsis Aphrodite is mentioned in seven different adventures by Archie, more than any other species. This may have been Wolfe's favorite. "[18] Wolfe personally cuts his most treasured Phalaenopsis Aphrodite for the centerpiece at the dinner for the Ten for Aristology in "Poison a la Carte." In The Father Hunt, after Dorothy Sebor provides the information that solves the case, Wolfe tells Archie, "We'll send her some sprays of Phalaenopsis Aphrodite. Aristology is the Art or Science of Cooking and dining. It encompasses the preparation combination and presentation of dishes Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968 They have never been finer. " [19]

Wolfe rarely sells his orchids[20] — but he does give them away. Four or five dozen are used to advance the investigation in Murder by the Book, and Wolfe refuses to let Archie bill the client for them. Murder by the Book is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1951 by the Viking Press, and collected in the omnibus In The Final Deduction, Laelia purpurata and Dendrobium chrysotoxum are sent to Dr. The Final Deduction is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1961 and collected in the omnibus Sophronitis purpurata is native to Brazil where it is very popular among orchid growers Vollmer and his assistant, who shelter Wolfe and Archie when they have to flee the brownstone to avoid the police. [21]

Eccentricities

Wolfe has pronounced eccentricities, as well as strict rules concerning his way of life, and their occasional violation adds spice to many of the stories:

Narrator

Born in Ohio. Public high school, pretty good at geometry and football, graduated with honor but no honors. Went to college two weeks, decided it was childish, came to New York and got a job guarding a pier, shot and killed two men and was fired, was recommended to Nero Wolfe for a chore he wanted done, did it, was offered a full-time job by Mr. Wolfe, took it, still have it.

– Archie Goodwin addressing the suspects in "Fourth of July Picnic" (1957)

Main article: Archie Goodwin (fictional detective)

Archie Goodwin is the narrator of all the Nero Wolfe stories and a central character in them. And Four to Go (British title Crime and Again) is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published Archie Goodwin is a Fictional character and detective in Rex Stout 's Nero Wolfe mysteries Archie Goodwin is a Fictional character and detective in Rex Stout 's Nero Wolfe mysteries He is occasionally referred to by the New York newspapers as "Nero Wolfe's legman. " Like Wolfe, Archie is a licensed private detective and handles all investigation that takes place outside the brownstone. He also takes care of routine tasks such as sorting the mail, taking dictation and answering the phone. At the time of the first novel, Fer-de-Lance, Archie had been working for Wolfe for seven years[27] and had by then been trained by Wolfe in his preferred methods of investigation. Fer-de-Lance is the first Nero Wolfe Detective novel written by Rex Stout, published in 1934 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc Like Wolfe, he has developed an extraordinary memory and can recite verbatim conversations that go on for hours. But perhaps his most useful attribute is his ability to bring reluctant people to Wolfe for interrogation. Archie has his own bedroom one floor above Wolfe's and lives at the brownstone rent-free. On several occasions he makes it a point to note that he owns his bedroom furniture. Except for breakfast (which chef Fritz Brenner generally serves him in the kitchen) Archie takes his meals at Wolfe's table, and has learned much about haute cuisine by listening to Wolfe and Fritz discuss food. While Archie has a cocktail on occasion, his beverage of choice is milk. Archie's initial rough edges become smoother across the decades, much as American norms evolved over the years. In the first Wolfe novel, Archie uses a racially offensive term, for which Wolfe chides him,[28] but by the time that A Right to Die was published in 1964, racial epithets were used only by Stout's criminals, or as evidence of mental defect. A Right to Die is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1964 Many reviewers and critics regard Archie as the stories' true protagonist. Compared to Wolfe, Goodwin is the man of action, tough and street smart. His narrative style is breezy and vivid. Some commentators saw this as a conscious device by Stout to fuse the hard school of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade with the urbanity of Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 — January 10, 1961) was an American Author of Hardboiled detective Sam Spade is a Fictional character who is the Protagonist of Dashiell Hammett 's novel The Maltese Falcon Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English [29] But there is no doubt that Goodwin was an important addition to the genre of detective fiction. Previously, foils such as Watson or Hastings were employed as confidants and narrators, but none had such a fully-developed personality or was such an integral part of the plot as Archie.

Supporting characters

Main article: Nero Wolfe supporting characters

Household

The 'Teers

Law enforcement officials

Friends

Other associates

Bibliography

Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books are listed below in order of publication. Years link to year-in-literature articles. Novels can be browsed alphabetically by title at the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout page. Titles of the novella collections are listed alphabetically on the Nero Wolfe short story collections page.

Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout

Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novellas are listed below in order of first appearance. The year 1934 in literature involved some significant events and new books Fer-de-Lance is the first Nero Wolfe Detective novel written by Rex Stout, published in 1934 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc The year 1935 in literature involved some significant events and new books The League of Frightened Men is the second Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1936 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Rubber Band is the third Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1937 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1938 in literature involved some significant events and new books Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. The year 1939 in literature involved some significant events and new books Some Buried Caesar is the sixth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1940 in literature involved some significant events and new books Over My Dead Body is the seventh Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1940 in literature involved some significant events and new books Where There's a Will is the eighth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1942 in literature involved some significant events and new books Black Orchids is a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout published in 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc The year 1944 in literature involved some significant new books Not Quite Dead Enough is a Nero Wolfe double mystery by Rex Stout published in 1944 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc The year 1946 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946 The year 1947 in literature involved some significant events and new books Too Many Women is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published in 1947 by the Viking Press. The year 1948 in literature involved some significant events and new books And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by The year 1949 in literature involved some significant events and new books Trouble in Triplicate is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1949 The year 1949 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Second Confession is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1949 The year 1950 in literature involved some significant events and new books Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 The year 1950 in literature involved some significant events and new books In the Best Families (British title Even in the Best Families) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published The year 1951 in literature involved some significant events and new books Curtains for Three is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1951 and The year 1951 in literature involved some significant events and new books Murder by the Book is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1951 by the Viking Press, and collected in the omnibus The year 1952 in literature involved some significant events and new books Triple Jeopardy is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1952 The year 1952 in literature involved some significant events and new books Prisoner's Base (British title Out Goes She) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press The year 1953 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Golden Spiders is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The year 1954 in literature involved some significant events and new books Three Men Out is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1954 The year 1954 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Black Mountain is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1954 The year 1955 in literature involved some significant events and new books Before Midnight is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1955 by the Viking Press. The year 1956 in literature involved some significant events and new books Three Witnesses is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1956 and The year 1956 in literature involved some significant events and new books Might as Well Be Dead is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1956 The year 1957 in literature involved some significant events and new books Three for the Chair is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 The year 1957 in literature involved some significant events and new books If Death Ever Slept is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 and collected in the omnibus The year 1958 in literature involved some significant events and new books And Four to Go (British title Crime and Again) is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published The year 1958 in literature involved some significant events and new books Champagne for One is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1958 The year 1959 in literature involved some significant events and new books Plot It Yourself (British title Murder in Style) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press The year 1960 in literature involved some significant events and new books Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 The year 1960 in literature involved some significant events and new books Too Many Clients is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 and collected in the omnibus The year 1961 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Final Deduction is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1961 and collected in the omnibus The year 1962 in literature involved some significant events and new books Homicide Trinity is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1962 The year 1962 in literature involved some significant events and new books Gambit is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1962 The year 1963 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Mother Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1963 The year 1964 in literature involved some significant events and new books Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press The year 1964 in literature involved some significant events and new books A Right to Die is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1964 The year 1965 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 The year 1966 in literature involved some significant events and new books Death of a Doxy is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1966 The year 1968 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968 The year 1969 in literature involved some significant events and new books Death of a Dude is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1969 The year 1973 in literature involved some significant events and new books Please Pass the Guilt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1973 The year 1975 in literature involved some significant events and new books A Family Affair is the final Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1975 The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books Death Times Three is a collection of Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, published posthumously by Bantam Books in 1985 Years link to year-in-literature articles:

Other Nero Wolfe works by Rex Stout

He says you don't look at color, you feel it, and apparently he thinks that really means something. It doesn't to me, but maybe it does to you and you know exactly how he feels as he opens the door to the plant rooms and walks in on the big show. I have never known a day when less than a hundred plants were in bloom, and sometimes there are a thousand. . .
I frowned back. "You cramp it. Or Stout. Let him earn his ten per cent. Dictate it. "
Archie loses the argument and condenses their views on the book, which concerns the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius Rosenberg (May 12 1918 &ndash June 19 1953 and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28 1915 &ndash June 19 1953 were American Communists who were executed

Nero Wolfe omnibus volumes

Other authors of Nero Wolfe stories

Robert Goldsborough

With the approval of the estate of Rex Stout, journalist Robert Goldsborough wrote seven Nero Wolfe mysteries, published by Bantam Books. Robert Goldsborough is an American author of mystery novels He was born in 1937 and grew up in the Chicago area Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group Goldsborough's approach was faithful to the Rex Stout works, but he added his own touches, including an updated frame of reference (Archie now uses a personal computer to file Wolfe's germination records; Wolfe's ancient elevator is finally replaced by a more efficient model, etc. ). Goldsborough's first effort, Murder in E-Minor (1986), was a bestseller, and was hailed as an excellent mystery. Goldsborough averaged one new Wolfe novel annually, often drawing on his own background in advertising, education, and journalism for color and detail.

John Lescroart

While not mentioning Nero Wolfe by name, John Lescroart suggests in two books that the main character, Auguste Lupa (the son of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler), later becomes Nero Wolfe. John Lescroart (b January 14 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American Author best known for two series of legal and crime Auguste Lupa is a Fictional character in two Pastiche novels by author John Lescroart. [38]

Books about Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe

Adaptations

Cinema

After the publication of Fer-de-Lance in 1934, several Hollywood studios were interested in the movie rights. [41] In one of many conversations with his authorized biographer, Rex Stout told John McAleer that he himself had wanted Charles Laughton to play Nero Wolfe:

I met Laughton only once, at a party. Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and Of all the actors I have seen, I think he would have come closest to doing Nero Wolfe perfectly. A motion picture producer (I forget who) asked him to do a series of Nero Wolfe movies, and he had said he would agree to do one but would not commit himself to a series. [42]

In 1974 McAleer interviewed Laughton's widow, Elsa Lanchester. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (born October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986) was an Oscar -nominated English character "I seem to remember Charles being very interested in the character of Nero Wolfe," she told him. "I always regretted I did not get to play Dora Chapin. "[43]

"When Columbia pictures bought the screen rights to Fer-de-Lance for $7,500 and secured the option to buy further stories in the series, it was thought the role would go to Walter Connolly. Instead Edward Arnold got it," McAleer reported in Rex Stout: A Biography. "Columbia's idea was to keep Arnold busy with low-cost Wolfe films between features. Two films presently were made by Columbia, Meet Nero Wolfe (Fer-de-Lance) and The League of Frightened Men. Connolly did portray Wolfe in the latter film, after Arnold decided he did not want to become identified in the public mind with one part. Lionel Stander portrayed Archie Goodwin. Stander was a capable actor but, as Archie, Rex thought he had been miscast. "[44]

Meet Nero Wolfe

Main article: Meet Nero Wolfe

Columbia Pictures adapted the first Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, for the screen in 1936. Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance, written by Rex Stout. Meet Nero Wolfe was directed by Herbert Biberman, and featured a cast led by Edward Arnold as Nero Wolfe, and Lionel Stander as Archie Goodwin. Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance, written by Rex Stout. Herbert J Biberman (b March 4, 1900, Philadelphia Pennsylvania; d Edward Arnold ( February 18, 1890 – April 26, 1956) was an American Actor. Lionel Jay Stander ( January 11, 1908 – November 30, 1994) was an American Actor in movies radio theater and television A young Rita Hayworth (then Rita Cansino) portrays Maria Maringola, who sets the story in motion when she asks for Wolfe's help in finding her missing brother, Carlo. Rita Hayworth (October 17 1918 &ndash May 14 1987 born Margarita Carmen Cansino was a Spanish-American actress who rose to stardom in the 1940s as the era's leading Sex symbol

"Meet Nero Wolfe is an above average minor A picture, a solid mystery, and unfailingly entertaining," reported Scarlet Street magazine in 2002 when it revisted the film. Scarlet Street was an American Film Magazine that primarily specialized in the genres of horror, Mystery and "No, at bottom, it's not Rex Stout's Nero and Archie, but it's a well-developed mystery (thanks to Stout's plot) with compensations all its own — and an interesting piece of Wolfeana. "[45]

The League of Frightened Men

Main article: The League of Frightened Men (1937 film)

In 1937, Columbia Pictures released The League of Frightened Men, its adaptation of the second Nero Wolfe novel. The League of Frightened Men is a 1937 mystery film based on the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. The League of Frightened Men is a 1937 mystery film based on the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. Lionel Stander reprised his role as Archie Goodwin, and Walter Connolly took over the role of Nero Wolfe. Lionel Jay Stander ( January 11, 1908 – November 30, 1994) was an American Actor in movies radio theater and television Walter Connolly (April 8 &ndashMay 28) was an American Character actor who appeared in almost fifty films between and.

"He drinks beer in the novel but hot chocolate in the picture. That's the best explanation of what's wrong with the film," wrote Variety (June 16, 1937).

After The League of Frightened Men, Rex Stout declined to authorize any more Hollywood adaptations. "Do you think there's any chance of Hollywood ever making a good Nero Wolfe movie?" biographer John McAleer asked the author. Stout replied, "I don't know. I suppose so. "[46]

Radio

Main article: Nero Wolfe (radio)

The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (ABC)

1943–1944, 30 minutes

Three actors portrayed Nero Wolfe over the course of the radio series The Adventures of Nero Wolfe. Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective genius created in 1934 by Rex Stout, has been portrayed in four radio series Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective genius created in 1934 by Rex Stout, has been portrayed in four radio series J. B. Williams starred in its first incarnation (April 7–June 30, 1943) on the New England Network. The year 1943 in radio involved some significant events Events May 2 - Fireside chat: On the Coal Crisis Santos Ortega assumed the role when the suspense drama moved to ABC (July 5–September 27, 1943; January 21–July 14, 1944). Santos Ortega ( June 30, 1899, New York New York – April 10, 1976, Fort Lauderdale Florida) was an American The year 1943 in radio involved some significant events Events May 2 - Fireside chat: On the Coal Crisis The year 1944 in radio involved some significant events Events January 11 - Fireside chat: State of the Union Luis Van Rooten succeeded Ortega in 1944, Nero Wolfe's last year on ABC. Luis van Rooten, (born November 29, 1906 in Mexico City - died June 17, 1973 in Chatham Massachusetts was an American film actor [47] The final episode, "The Last Laugh Murder Case," aired July 14, 1944.

"Differences between (ABC producer) Hi Brown and Edwin Fadiman, who represented Rex's radio, screen and television interests, as Nero Wolfe Attractions, Inc. , prevented its later resumption on ABC," John McAleer reported in Rex Stout: A Biography. "This fact Brown regretted. 'Nero Wolfe,' Brown says, 'is one of the strongest and most successful detective characters in all of fiction. '"[48]

The Amazing Nero Wolfe (MBS)

1946, 30 minutes

"The series next surfaced early in 1946, on Sundays, on the Mutual Network," wrote Stout biographer John McAleer, "with Francis X. Bushman, one-time movie idol, as Wolfe, and Elliott Lewis as Archie. The year 1946 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. Francis Xavier Bushman ( January 10, 1883 &ndash August 23, 1966) was an American film actor Elliott Lewis ( November 28, 1917 – May 23, 1990) was active during the Golden Age of . . . The scripts once again were network originals. The humor verged on slapstick. "[49]

The Amazing Nero Wolfe concluded December 15, 1946, with "The Case of the Shakespeare Folio. Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective genius created in 1934 by Rex Stout, has been portrayed in four radio series "[50]

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (NBC)

1950–1951, 30 minutes

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe began October 20, 1950, with "Stamped for Murder. The year 1950 in radio involved some significant events Events May 1 - Springbok Radio became the first commercial The year 1951 in radio involved some significant events Events March 4 - Sir John Gielgud Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective genius created in 1934 by Rex Stout, has been portrayed in four radio series " Sydney Greenstreet starred as Nero Wolfe. Sydney Hughes Greenstreet ( December 27 1879 &ndash January 18 1954) was an English Actor, best known for his work with

"Rex thought Greenstreet a splendid choice for the role and Greenstreet did, in fact, fill every reasonable expectation," wrote Stout biographer John McAleer. A succession of Archies included Gerald Mohr, Herb Ellis, Larry Dobkin, Wally Maher and Harry Bartell. Gerald Mohr ( 11 June 1914 – 9 November 1968) was a radio film and Lawrence Dobkin ( 16 September 1919, New York City – 28 October 2002, Los Angeles California) was an American Harry Bartell ( November 28, 1913 &ndash February 26, 2004) was an American actor and Announcer in radio, The series ended April 27, 1951, with "The Case of Room 304. "

McAleer reports that after hearing five minutes of one of Greenstreet's shows, Stout said he could take no more. "He liked Greenstreet. The script he found impossible. "[51]

Nero Wolfe (CBC)

1982, 60 minutes

In 1982, Canadian actor, producer, writer and cultural pioneer Mavor Moore (1919–2006) starred as Nero Wolfe in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's 13-episode radio series Nero Wolfe (a. The year 1982 in radio involved some significant events Events After 22 years as a Top 40 music station WABC-AM James Mavor Moore CC, OBC, BA, DLitt ( March 8 1919 &ndash December 18 2006) was a Canadian Nero Wolfe, the fictional detective genius created in 1934 by Rex Stout, has been portrayed in four radio series k. a. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe). Don Francks portrayed Archie Goodwin, and Cec Linder played Inspector Cramer. Donald Harvey Francks or Iron Buffalo (born February 28, 1932) is a Canadian actor vocalist and Jazz musician Cec Linder (sometimes credited as Cecil Linder; born March 10 1921 in Galica, Poland; died April 10 1992 in Toronto actor-producer Ron Hartmann spent two years adapting, directing and producing the CBC radio drama. "Ron and I are ardent Nero Wolfe fans, and we're out to convert the listener," Moore told the Toronto Globe and Mail. [52]

Television

Omnibus, "The Fine Art of Murder" (ABC)

Rex Stout appeared in the December 9, 1956, episode of Omnibus, a cultural anthology series that epitomized the golden age of television. The year 1956 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1956. Omnibus was an American commercially-sponsored educational TV series broadcast live primarily on Sunday afternoons at 400 pm Eastern time from November Hosted by Alistair Cooke, "The Fine Art of Murder" [4] was a 40-minute segment described by Time [5] magazine as "a homicide as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe [and] Rex Stout would variously present it. Alistair Cooke should not be confused with Alastair Cook, English cricketer Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and " The author is credited as appearing along with Gene Reynolds (as Archie Goodwin), Robert Echols, James Daly, Jack Sydow and Dennis Hoey. Eugene "Gene" Reynolds Blumenthal (born April 4, 1925 in Cleveland Ohio) is a former Actor turned Writer and Television Written by Sidney Carroll and directed by Paul Bogart, "The Fine Art of Murder" is in the collection of the Library of Congress (VBE 2397-2398) and screened in its Mary Pickford Theater February 15, 2000.

Nero Wolfe (Paramount Television)

Nero Wolfe (1977)
Main article: Nero Wolfe (1977 TV movie)

Disappointed with the Nero Wolfe movies of the 1930s and unimpressed with television, Rex Stout vetoed Nero Wolfe film and TV projects in America until his death in 1975. In 1977, Paramount Television filmed Nero Wolfe, an adaptation of Stout's novel The Doorbell Rang. Paramount Television was an American Television production / distribution Company that was active from December 1967 to January The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 Thayer David and Tom Mason [6] starred as Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin; Anne Baxter costarred as Mrs. Thayer David (born March 4 1927 in Medford Massachusetts &ndash July 17 1978 in New York City) was a Film Anne Baxter ( May 7 1923 &ndash December 12 1985) was an Academy Award -winning American actress Rachel Bruner. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the made-for-TV movie was produced as a pilot for a possible upcoming series[53] — but the film had still had not aired at the time of Thayer David's death in July 1978. Frank Daniel Gilroy (born October 13, 1925) is an American Playwright, Screenwriter, and Film producer and director Nero Wolfe was finally broadcast December 18, 1979, as an ABC-TV late show. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. [54]

Nero Wolfe (1981)
Main article: Nero Wolfe (1981 TV series)

Paramount Television remounted Nero Wolfe as a weekly one-hour series that ran on NBC TV from January through August 1981. Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout 's classic series of detective stories that aired January 16 – Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout 's classic series of detective stories that aired January 16 – The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The year 1981 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1981. The project was recast with William Conrad stepping into the role of Nero Wolfe and Lee Horsley portraying Archie Goodwin. Lee Horsley (born May 15 1955, in Muleshoe Texas) is an American Actor best known for his starring roles on the television Although it was titled "Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe," the production departed considerably from the originals. All 14 episodes were set in contemporary New York City.

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (A&E Network)

Main article: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin in A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin in A Nero Wolfe Mystery

In March 2000, Maury Chaykin (as Nero Wolfe) and Timothy Hutton (as Archie Goodwin) starred in The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, a Jaffe/Braunstein Films co-production with the A&E Network. A Nero Wolfe Mystery (aka Nero Wolfe, The Nero Wolfe Mysteries) is a television series based on Rex Stout 's classic series of detective Timothy T Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American Academy Award -winning Actor. A Nero Wolfe Mystery (aka Nero Wolfe, The Nero Wolfe Mysteries) is a television series based on Rex Stout 's classic series of detective The year 2000 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2000. Maury Chaykin (born July 27, 1949) is an American - Canadian actor Timothy T Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American Academy Award -winning Actor. The Golden Spiders is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. High ratings led to the original series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002). A Nero Wolfe Mystery (aka Nero Wolfe, The Nero Wolfe Mysteries) is a television series based on Rex Stout 's classic series of detective The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. The year 2002 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2002.

Hutton had a strong creative hand in the A&E series, serving as an executive producer and directing four telefilms. A Nero Wolfe Mystery adapted the plots and dialogue of the Stout originals closely; unlike previous Wolfe adaptations, the series did not update the stories to contemporary times. The episodes were colorful period pieces, set in a somewhat vague past, the 1940s to the early 1960s. The production values were exceptional and critics responded favorably.

Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe
Maury Chaykin as
Nero Wolfe

Other members of the principal cast are Colin Fox (Fritz Brenner), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent McMullen (Orrie Cather), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and R.D. Reid (Sergeant Purley Stebbins). Maury Chaykin (born July 27, 1949) is an American - Canadian actor Colin Fox is a Canadian actor His acting credits include playing Jean Paul Desmond and Jacques Eloi Des Mondes (the latter speaking to his descendant from the portrait in Conrad Dunn (born Los Angeles) is an American Actor. He began his screen career with the role of Francis "Psycho" Soyer in Stripes Fulvio Cecere (born March 11, 1960) is a Canadian actor Born to Italian parents he attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Trent McMullen is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of freelance detective Orrie Cather in the A&E TV original series A Nero Wolfe Mystery Saul Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a Canadian film actor often cast as a shady professional Bill Smitrovich (born May 16, 1947) is an American actor Biography Personal life He was born William S R D Reid is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Sergeant Purley Stebbins in the A&E TV original series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002

BookFinder.com — a web-search service that reports the most-sought out-of-print titles — documents that the production of A Nero Wolfe Mystery coincides with Rex Stout's becoming a top-selling author some 30 years after his death. BookFindercom is a Vertical search Website that helps readers buy Books online In March 2003, the top four most-wanted mysteries listed by BookFinder. The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books com were all Nero Wolfe novels: Where There's a Will (1940), The Rubber Band (1936), The Red Box (1937) and The League of Frightened Men (1935). Where There's a Will is the eighth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Rubber Band is the third Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The League of Frightened Men is the second Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Red Box was the most-searched mystery title in August 2003, and the novel remained as number two on the list in 2004. In 2006, Too Many Women (1947) was fifth on BookFinder. Too Many Women is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published in 1947 by the Viking Press. com's list of most-sought out-of-print thrillers, whodunits, classics and modern mystery titles. In 2007, The Black Mountain was in the number five position. The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books The Black Mountain is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1954 [55]

Most of the Nero Wolfe stories adapted for A Nero Wolfe Mystery are available through Bantam's Rex Stout Library, a series of paperbacks featuring new introductions by today's best writers and never-before published Rex Stout memorabilia. Bantam Books is a major US publishing house owned by Random House and is part of the Bantam Dell Publishing Group Some Bantam volumes, like Prisoner's Base, are emblazoned with the words, "as seen on TV. " The Audio Partners Publishing Corporation promotes its bestselling line of Rex Stout audiobooks [7], unabridged on CD and audiocassette, "as seen on A&E TV. "

A Nero Wolfe Mystery is available on DVD as two sets (The Golden Spiders bundled with the second season), and as a single eight-disc thinpack set. ISBN 076708893X

International TV productions

Germany

A German TV adaption of Too Many Cooks — Zu viele Köche (1961) — starred Heinz Klevenow as Nero Wolfe, and Joachim Fuchsberger as Archie Goodwin. Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. The year 1961 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1961. Joachim Fuchsberger (born March 11, 1927 in Zuffenhausen today a district of Stuttgart) is a German actor and television host best known to After he protested that his story was used without permission, Rex Stout received a $3,500 settlement. [56]

Italy

"The name Nero Wolfe has magic in Italy," wrote Rex Stout's biographer John McAleer. In 1968, the Italian television network RAI paid Stout $80,000 for the rights to produce 12 Nero Wolfe stories. "He agreed only because he would never see them," McAleer wrote.

In February 1969, Italian television began broadcasting a first group of weekly Nero Wolfe programs — each in two episodes. The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969. These, in order of appearance were Veleno in sartoria / Poison at the Tailor Shop (The Red Box), Circuito chiuso / Closed Circuit (If Death Ever Slept), Per la fama di Cecare / For Caesar's Fame (Some Buried Caesar), and Il Pesce più grosso / The Too-Big Fish (The Doorbell Rang). The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. If Death Ever Slept is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 and collected in the omnibus Some Buried Caesar is the sixth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 The second series — In the Best Families, Too Many Cooks, "Murder is Corny," Where There's a Will, The Rubber Band, "Counterfeit for Murder," Gambit, and The Final Deduction — followed several weeks later. Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press Where There's a Will is the eighth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. The Rubber Band is the third Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. Homicide Trinity is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1962 Gambit is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1962 [57]

The successful series of black-and-white telemovies stars Tino Buazzelli (Nero Wolfe), Paolo Ferrari (Archie Goodwin), Pupo De Luca (Fritz Brenner), Renzo Palmer (Inspector Cramer), Roberto Pistone (Saul Panzer), Mario Righetti (Orrie Cather) and Gianfranco Varetto (Fred Durkin). Ten episodes of the series were available on DVD in 2007. [8]

Russia

A series of Russian Nero Wolfe TV movies was made in 2001–2002. The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. The year 2002 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2002. One of the adaptations, Poka ya ne umer ("Before I Die") [9], was written by Vladimir Valutsky, screenwriter for a Russian Sherlock Holmes television series in the 1980s. Nero Wolfe is played by Donatas Banionis, and Archie Goodwin by Sergei Zhigunov. Donatas Banionis (born April 28, 1924 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian actor popular in the Soviet Union.

External links

References

  1. ^ Walker, Tom, "Mystery writers shine light on best: Bouchercon 2000 convention honors authors"; The Denver Post, September 10, 2000. David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953 is a British author editor and Critic, largely active within the Science fiction field Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot was named Best Mystery Series of the Century. Agatha Christie was voted Best Mystery Writer of the Century; the other nominees were Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy Sayers and Rex Stout. The 31st World Mystery Convention was presented in Denver September 7-10, 2000.
  2. ^ Memorandum dated 1949 and reprinted in the 1992 Bantam edition of Fer-de-Lance.
  3. ^ In the 1953 book In the Best Families, Wolfe temporarily sheds 117 pounds. In the Best Families (British title Even in the Best Families) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published
  4. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography (1977, Little, Brown and Company; ISBN 0316553409); pp. 403 and 566; see also Over My Dead Body
  5. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, pp. Over My Dead Body is the seventh Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. 403 and 556
  6. ^ Queen, Ellery, In the Queens' Parlor, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957, pp. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L 4-5
  7. ^ Ruaud, A. -F. . Arsène Lupin: A Timeline. Cool French Comics. Retrieved on 2007-11-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published
  8. ^ In The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (1983, Little, Brown and Company; ISBN 0316172804, p. 9), Ken Darby identifies the ten brownstone addresses and additional stories in which they appear. Ken Darby ( May 13 1909 - January 24 1992) was an American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning Composer, vocal The most frequently used address for Nero Wolfe's residence is 918 West 35th Street — the address that Darby found in The Red Box, And Be a Villain, "The Next Witness" and "Method Three for Murder". The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. And Be a Villain (British title More Deaths Than One) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by The Three Witnesses were a group of three early leaders of the Latter Day Saint movement who signed a statement in 1830 saying that an Angel had shown them Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960
  9. ^ Cohen, Randy, “We'll Map Manhattan”, The New York Times, May 1, 2005; and (with Nigel Holmes) "We Mapped Manhattan," June 5, 2001. On the Literary Map of Manhattan, the brownstone is numbered 58 and is placed in the middle of the Hudson River.
  10. ^ Darby, Ken, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe, p. 8
  11. ^ The Final Deduction
  12. ^ Chapter 17. The Final Deduction is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1961 and collected in the omnibus
  13. ^ Gambit, chapter 8. Gambit is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1962
  14. ^ The Red Box, chapter 11
  15. ^ Chapter 17. The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout.
  16. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 445
  17. ^ Vandermeulen, Dr. John H. , "Nero Wolfe — Orchidist Extraordinaire. " American Orchid Society Bulletin, vol. The American Orchid Society is a Horticultural society devoted to the promotion cultivation and study of Orchids (plant family Orchidaceae 54, no. 2, February 1985, p. 143
  18. ^ Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G. , The Nero Wolfe Handbook (1985; revised 1992, 2000), pp. 84–85. Robert M. Hamilton lists all of the orchids mentioned in Archie's accounts in alphabetical order. He records Phalaenopsis Aphrodite appearing in "Door to Death", The Golden Spiders, Plot It Yourself, "Poison a la Carte," A Right to Die, The Doorbell Rang and The Father Hunt. Three Doors to Death is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1950 The Golden Spiders is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. Plot It Yourself (British title Murder in Style) is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 A Right to Die is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1964 The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968 Lists of the orchid references in the corpus can be found online [1] on the official site of the Nero Wolfe Society, the Wolfe Pack.
  19. ^ "Poison a la Carte", chapter 2; The Father Hunt, chapter 13. Three at Wolfe's Door is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1960 The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968
  20. ^ "I do not sell orchids," Wolfe tells Archie in chapter 7 of Murder by the Book (1951). Murder by the Book is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout published in 1951 by the Viking Press, and collected in the omnibus Six years later, in If Death Ever Slept (chapter 11), Archie describes Wolfe as "a practicing private detective with no other source of income except selling a few orchid plants now and then. If Death Ever Slept is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 and collected in the omnibus "
  21. ^ The Final Deduction, chapter 6
  22. ^ Instead of Evidence, Chapter 1. The Final Deduction is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1961 and collected in the omnibus
  23. ^ The Doorbell Rang, chapter 7
  24. ^ "Blood Will Tell", chapter 2. The Doorbell Rang is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1965 Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe Mystery Novellas by Rex Stout, published in 1964 by the Viking Press
  25. ^ The Father Hunt, chapter 12. The Father Hunt is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1968
  26. ^ Death of a Doxy, chapter 8 (Viking edition p. Death of a Doxy is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1966 88)
  27. ^ Fer-de-Lance, chapter 3.
  28. ^ But the admonition apparently did not take hold. In Too Many Cooks, Wolfe questions a group of black men. Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Archie’s opinion, voiced using racial epithets, is that interviewing them will be a waste of time, but Wolfe's candor and respect gains him the men's trust. The session ends at 4:30 A. M. and Wolfe instructs Archie to telephone the (white) district attorney. Again Archie objects, suggesting that Wolfe should wait until later that day. Wolfe calmly says: “Archie, please. You tried to instruct me how to handle colored men. Will you try it with white men too?”
  29. ^ Another fictional creation by Stout, the solo operative Tecumseh Fox, who is perhaps a fusion of the best qualities of Wolfe and Goodwin into a single person without Wolfe's collection of idiosyncrasies, is arguably a better and more effective fictional character, as in the novel The Broken Vase. Tecumseh Fox was a fictional private detective created by Rex Stout to provide some diversity from his housebound and opinionated rival Nero Wolfe. That book, however, was not a commercial success, and only three books featuring Fox were written, one of which was later used as the basis for a Wolfe story at the urging of Stout's publisher.
  30. ^ The Red Box, chapter 15, Murder By The Book, chapter 7.
  31. ^ Where There's a Will, and cited in chapter 10 of The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. Where There's a Will is the eighth Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout.
  32. ^ The Second Confession, Chapter 16 (p. The Second Confession is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1949 170, Viking edition).
  33. ^ Chapter 9.
  34. ^ In The Rubber Band (1936) Wolfe displays great respect (if not always cooperation) towards Cramer, but thinks Hombert "should go back to diapers" — an opinion indirectly shared by Cramer himself who points out that Hombert is a politician and not a policeman. The Rubber Band is the third Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout. In The Silent Speaker, Wolfe gets a chance to humiliate Hombert and help Cramer in the process. The Silent Speaker is a Nero Wolfe Detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by the Viking Press in 1946
  35. ^ "Lovchen" is not a family name; rather, it is the name of the black mountain from which Montenegro gets its name.
  36. ^ Wolfe and Archie first meet Sally Colt, later Corbett, in Too Many Detectives (1956), Chapter 1, when they are summoned to Albany for questioning about wiretapping activities. Archie starts his report by stating, "I am against female detectives on principle. " Still Sally Colt, she is again called on to help out in If Death Ever Slept (1957), Chapter 17. In Plot It Yourself (1959), Chapter 19, it is a Sally Corbett, not Colt, who helps out on Wolfe's case. "Sally Corbett was one of the two women who, a couple of years back, had made me feel that there might be some flaw in my attitude toward female dicks. " Sally Colt/Corbett makes a final appearance in The Mother Hunt (1963), Chapter 12. Archie remarks again that Sally and Dol had made him change his attitude about female detectives.
  37. ^ Also one of the few stories where Wolfe has to flee his home to escape arrest
  38. ^ Pierleoni, Allen, "Serial Thriller: John Lescroart's passions range from family to fishing but he's hit the big time with his novels"; Sacramento Bee, February 13, 2006. "Next came two books about the foreign adventures of crime-solving chef Auguste Lupa, reputedly the son of Sherlock Holmes — and who may have been the young Nero Wolfe. "
  39. ^ Townsend, Guy M. , Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, page 56
  40. ^ Bourne, Michael, "An Informal Interview with Rex Stout"; 1998, James A. Rock & Co. , Publishers ISBN 0918736226
  41. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography; 1977, Little Brown and Company; p. 254
  42. ^ McAleer, John, Royal Decree; 1983, Pontes Press, Ashton, MD; p. 48
  43. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography; 1977, Little Brown and Company; p. 554
  44. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography; 1977, Little Brown and Company; pp. 254–255
  45. ^ Hanke, Ken, "Meet Nero Wolfe"; Scarlet Street, issue #45, 2002, p. Scarlet Street was an American Film Magazine that primarily specialized in the genres of horror, Mystery and 77
  46. ^ McAleer, John, Royal Decree; 1983, Pontes Press, Ashton MD; p. 48
  47. ^ Hickerson, Jay, The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows, 1992, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514, p. 5; Hood, Steve, Old Time Radio & Nero Wolfe
  48. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 324
  49. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 324
  50. ^ Townsend, Guy M. , Rex Stout: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, p. 126
  51. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 325 and 487
  52. ^ MacNiven, Elina, "Nero Wolfe: Wolfe's verbal coups rendered on radio"; Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), January 16, 1982
  53. ^ Bawden, J. E. A. , Films in Review, October 1977, p. 462
  54. ^ Terrace, Vincent, Television 1970–1980. San Diego, California: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1981, ISBN 049802539X page 266
  55. ^ BookFinder. com reports for March 2003, August 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007
  56. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 488
  57. ^ McAleer, John, Rex Stout: A Biography, p. 488


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