Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921) was an English author.
Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough. He was educated at Uppingham during some of the later years of its great headmaster, Edward Thring. He spent most of his life in England and France, but in 1884 left for Australia and stayed for two years where he working as a tutor at Mossgiel station. Although his Australian experience had been so short, it coloured most of his literary work from A Bride from the Bush published in 1899, to Old Offenders and a few Old Scores, which appeared after his death.
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To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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End of recording
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deadmentellnotales_##_hornung.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. deadmentellnotales_01_hornung.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
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Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: E.W. Hornung
Album: Dead Men Tell No Tales
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Last edited by luciburg on April 12th, 2008, 3:41 pm, edited 3 times in total.
[b]There are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet.[/b]
How did I totally miss this? (smacks self in head)
Er... give me something short. I can't resist but I'm rather up to my eyeballs with Hornung at the moment. Maybe a change of story will help.
[size=75]Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world. - Jasper Fforde[/size]
Perfect, thanks Lucy. I've been eying up this book for a while but the Raffles is taking so long. I'm glad you put it up.
[size=75]Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world. - Jasper Fforde[/size]
