HorrorVictorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science

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  • 1905 first published
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George Griffith's Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science (1905) is a horror and Victorian science fiction novel.

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About Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science

Our narrator, a researcher, finds himself snowed in at a Scottish prison. The resident doctor, an observer of criminal psychology, offers him hospitality and entertainment in the form of this story, an account of the bizarre case of a strange prisoner in motorcycle goggles, why he must wear them, and what he did to earn a life sentence. - Summary by A. Gramour
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Who wrote Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science?

Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science was written by George Griffith and first published in 1905.

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It is usually shelved as Horror, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

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Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 8 h 35 min.

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