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Four Square Jane

1929 novel by Edgar Wallace

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Four Square Jane is a 1929 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace.

01Plot Overview

The novel is a collection of tales published in 1919 and 1920.

  1. "The Theft of the Lewinstein Jewels" published in The Weekly News, 13 December 1919
  2. "Jane in Custody" published in The Weekly News, 20 December 1919
  3. "The Stolen Romney" published in The Weekly News, 27 December 1919
  4. "The Murder in James Street" published in The Weekly News, 10 January 1920
  5. "Robbing the Royal Mail" published in The Weekly News, 17 January 1920
  6. "The Actress's Emerald Necklace" published in The Weekly News, 24 January 1920
  7. "The Secret of a Box of Cigars" published in The Weekly News, 31 January 1920
  8. "The End" published in The Weekly News, 7 February 1920

02Adaptation

In 1961 it was turned into the film The Fourth Square, directed by Allan Davis as part of a long-running series of Wallace films made at Merton Park Studios.

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Sources and credits

This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Four Square Jane”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.

Images, from Wikimedia Commons:

  • Four Square Jane.jpg by Dudley Tennant (1867-1952) (see also the small signature under the word JANE on the cover), Public domain

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