The Lady in the Lake: And Other Novels

Author(s): Raymond Chandler

Classic Fiction

Contains the author's three Philip Marlowe novels, "The Lady in the Lake", "The High Window" and "The Little Sister".

General Information

  • : 9780141186085
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.414
  • : 07 June 2001
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Raymond Chandler
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 813.52
  • : 608
  • : Crime & mystery; Classic fiction

More About The Product

Raymond Chandler grew up in Chicago and Dulwich. After moving back to the US in 1912 and fighting in the Canadian Army during World War, he settled in California and became a highly successful oil executive. His first novel, THE BIG SLEEP, was published when he was 51. He followed this with FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1940), THE HIGH WINDOW (1942) THE LADY IN THE LAKE (1943), THE LITTLE SISTER (1949) and THE LONG GOODBYE (1954) all of which featured the detective Philip Marlowe.