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22 de mai. de 2013 · Learn how the phrase \"the butler did it\" became a cliche in mystery fiction and who coined it first. Discover the true story of Mary Roberts Rinehart, the author who made the butler the murderer and was almost killed by her own chef.
The Butler Did It by P. G. Wodehouse (1957) In the Jeeves and Wooster novel Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (Released in the U.S. as Bertie Wooster Sees it Through), when Bertie meets the author of the murder mystery he's reading, he asks him who's the killer, and he answers that it's the butler.
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Battle robots, make friends, and uncover a bizarre conspiracy to avert the apocalypse in this comedy of manners and mayhem with steampunk blasters!
Life in Port Terris is tough. There’s never quite enough to eat, nor quite enough work, and your friends have a nasty habit of being snatched up by the Constables and their bots. When the majordomo of a Great House offers you employment, a warm bed, and all the food you can eat, it’s a tempting offer. Never mind that the alternative is a long stay in the City Dungeons.
The Butler Did It is a 300,000 word interactive novel by Daniel Elliot (and a finalist in the Choice of Games writing contest) where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
It doesn’t take long to realize that things are a little bit off though, to say the least. At Coburg Manor, you’ll make friends, battle enemies, and uncover a mystery far deeper and stranger than you ever imagined.
•Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual
•An odyssey in steampunk, with a twist you'll never predict
•Face foes both human and mechanical with your wits, sword, or skill with steam
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•Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
•OS: 7
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•Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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The Butler Did It is a phrase regarded as a cliche in detective fiction, and may refer to: "The butler did it", a phrase associated with the 1930 novel The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart. "The Butler Did It", a 1973 single by Skogie. "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)", an episode of Police Squad!
19 de jan. de 2023 · Learn how the phrase \"the butler did it\" was coined by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1930, but not invented by her. Explore the origins, popularity and variations of this mystery plot device in literature and film.
Rinehart is also considered the source of "the butler did it" plot device in her novel The Door (1930), although the exact phrase does not appear in her work. She also worked to tell the stories and experiences of front line soldiers during World War I, one of the first women to travel to the Belgian front lines.
New York, under the title The Butler Did It. [1] The plot concerns a tontine formed by a group of wealthy men weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, and a butler named Keggs who, having overheard the planning of the scheme, years later decides to try to make money out of his knowledge.
