The most hardboiled of detectives.
Raymond Chandler's philosophical private detective. Philip Marlowe solves mysteries on his own terms.
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"I think he might seduce a duchess, and I am quite sure he would not spoil a virgin."
Who is Philip Marlowe?
Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Marlowe first appeared, under that name, in The Big Sleep, published in 1939. Chandler's early short stories, published in pulp magazines like Black Mask and Dime Detective, featured essentially identical characters with names like "Carmady" and "John Dalmas." Some of those short stories were later combined and expanded into novels featuring Marlowe, a process Chandler called "cannibalizing." When the non-cannibalized stories were republished years later in...
Philip Marlowe Links
- Philip Marlowe Radio Shows on the Internet Archive
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- Philip Marlowe Created by Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) "I see him always in a lonely street, in lonely rooms, puzzled but never quite defeated."
-- from a letter from Chandler to Maurice Guinness, - The Big Sleep (1946)
- Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Visit IMDb for Photos, Showtimes, Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments
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Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, - March 26, ) was an Anglo-American crime writer who had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private eye story, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre. His protagonist, Philip Marlowe, is synonymous with "private detective," along with Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade.
Raymond Chandler Links
- The Raymond Chandler Web Site
- Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels of immense stylistic influence upon modern crime fiction.
- Authors and Creators: Raymond Chandler
- Authors and Creators
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was one of the foremost authors (not merely one of the foremost mystery authors) of the 20th century. Without him, what we know today as the hard-boiled crime tale might be quite different.
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