Claude Askew (1865–1917)
Author of Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer
Works by Claude Askew
The Golden Girl — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories (2010) — Contributor — 297 copies, 35 reviews
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributor — 188 copies, 5 reviews
Dracula's Brood: Vampire Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M.R. James and Others (1987) — Contributor — 175 copies, 2 reviews
Les cent ans de dracula - 8 histoires de vampires de goethe a (1999) — Contributor — 37 copies, 2 reviews
The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing (2017) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review
Supernatural Sherlocks : Stories from The Golden Age of the Occult Detective (2017) — Contributor — 21 copies, 1 review
The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror (2016) — Contributor — 20 copies, 3 reviews
Cheap Century Return : an Unorthodox Excursion to the Victorian Railway Bookstall. (Pt 2) — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
Household words — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Askew, Claude Arthur Cary
- Birthdate
- 1865-11-27
- Date of death
- 1917-10-05
- Burial location
- Lost at sea
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Holland Park, Kensington, Middlesex, England, UK
- Place of death
- Aboard the Italian steamer Città di Bari, about 37 miles from Paxo (torpedoed)
- Relationships
- Askew, Alice (wife)
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 3
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 78
- Popularity
- #229,022
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 2
Anyway, the thing is a sort of novella parceled out as a string of loosely connected stories. Vance is just recalling old experiences in the first half but then asks Dexter to come along for the ride as new experiences arise. The stories themselves are truly bad, full of hackneyed plot devices and various genre tropes, however the whole has a certain quaint by the fireplace charm.
Nobody, including toddlers, would be frightened by any of this, as the stories read more like Edwardian fairy stories with the sprites replaced by spooks. There is some thickly veiled moral ambiguity that wouldn’t be present in most Victorian tales of this kind.
I actually didn’t hate it like I should have.… (more)