「二輪馬車の秘密」が一大ブームに
イギリス生まれのオーストラリア人作家。ロンドンで生まれ、ニュージーランドの大学に学び、オーストラリアのメルボルンで法廷弁護士の書記をしていました。1888年後はイギリスサセックス州に定住し、生涯そこで生活します。
ルコック探偵でおなじみのエミール・ガボリオの影響で小説を書き始め、1886年処女作「二輪馬車の秘密」でデビュー、この作品は出版されるや爆発的な売り上げを記録しベストセラーになりましたが、著作権契約を結んでいなかったため、作者であるヒューム自身には利益をもたらさなかったといいます。日本でも当時の人気翻訳家丸亭素人により明治24年に「鬼車」の題名で翻案されています。
多作家で他にも150近い推理小説および普通小説を書きましたが、どれも独創性に乏しく、評価は芳しくありません。ただ、ホームズ期に先立って書上げられたこの「二輪馬車の秘密」は内容もさることながら歴史的にみても重要な意義も持つ名作の一つといえるでしょう。
No. | 事件名 | 発表年 | 邦訳 | 備考 |
1 | 二輪馬車の秘密 | 1886 | 新潮文庫('64) 扶桑社ミステリー0469「昭和ミステリ秘宝 横溝正史翻訳コレクション 鍾乳洞殺人事件/二輪馬車の秘密」(抄訳)('06) 博文館 世界探偵小説全集6「ヒユウム集」('30) 博文館文庫73('39) 新青年'28.6臨時特大 |
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2 | Professor Brankel's Secret | - | ||
3 | Madame Midas | 1888 | - | |
4 | The Girl from Malta | 1889 | - | |
5 | The Gentleman Who Vanished (米 The Man Who Vanished) |
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6 | The Man with a Secret | 1890 | - | |
7 | Miss Mephistopheles (Tracked by Fate; or, Miss Mephistopheles) |
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8 | Whom God Hath Joined | 1891 | - | |
9 | Monsieur Judas | - | ||
10 | A Creature of the Night | - | ||
11 | The Year of Miracle | - | ||
12 | When I Lived in Bohemia | 1892 | - | |
13 | The Island of Fantasy | - | ||
14 | The Chronicles of Faeryland | - | ||
15 | Alladin in London | - | ||
16 | The Fever of Life | - | ||
17 | The Black Carnation | - | ||
18 | The Harlequin Opal | 1893 | - | |
19 | The Chinese Jar | - | ||
20 | A Speck of the Motley | - | ||
21 | A Midnight Mystery | 1894 | - | |
22 | The Nameless City | - | ||
23 | The Gates of Dawn | - | ||
24 | The Best of Her Sex | - | ||
25 | The Lone Inn | - | ||
26 | The Mystery of Landy Court (米 From Thief to Detective) |
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27 | The Crime of 'Liza Jane' | 1895 | - | |
28 | The White Prior | - | ||
29 | The Carbuncle Clue | 1896 | - | |
30 | Tricked by a Tattoo | - | ||
31 | The Expedition of Captain Flick | - | ||
32 | A Marriage Mystery | - | ||
33 | Claude Duval of Ninety-Five | 1897 | - | |
34 | The Tombstone Treasure | - | ||
35 | Under One Cover | 1898 | - | |
36 | The Clock Struck One | - | ||
37 | Lady Jezebel | - | ||
38 | The Rainbow Feather | - | ||
39 | The Devil-Stick (米 For the Defense) |
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40 | The Silent House in Pimlico (米 The Silent House) |
1899 | - | |
41 | The Red-Headed Man | - | ||
42 | The Indian Bangle | - | ||
43 | The Crimson Cryptogram | 1900 | - | |
44 | A Traitor in London | - | ||
45 | Shylock of the River | - | ||
46 | The Lady from Nowhere | - | ||
47 | The Bishop's Secret (米 Bishop Pendle; or, The Bishop's Secret) |
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48 | The Vanishing of Tera | - | ||
49 | A Woman's Burden | 1901 | - | |
50 | The Golden Wang-Ho (米 The Secret of the Chinese Jar) |
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51 | The Millionaire Mystery | - | ||
52 | The Mother of Emeralds | - | ||
53 | The Crime of the Crystal | - | ||
54 | The Turnpike House | 1902 | - | |
55 | Woman: The Sphinx | - | ||
56 | The Pagan's Cup | - | ||
57 | The Guilty House | 1903 | - | |
58 | The Jade Eye | - | ||
59 | The Miser's Will | - | ||
60 | A Coin of Edward VII | - | ||
61 | The Yellow Holly | - | ||
62 | The Silver Bullet | - | ||
63 | The Wheeling Light | 1904 | - | |
64 | The White Room | - | ||
65 | The Mandarin's Fan | - | ||
66 | The Red Window | - | ||
67 | The Lonely Church | - | ||
68 | The Fatal Song | 1905 | - | |
69 | The Scarlet Bat | - | ||
70 | Lady Jim of Curzon Street | - | ||
71 | The Opal Serpent | - | ||
72 | The Secret Passage | - | ||
73 | The Wooden Hand | - | ||
74 | The Black Patch | 1906 | - | |
75 | Jonah's Luck | - | ||
76 | The Mystery of the Shadow | - | ||
77 | The Yellow Hunchback | 1907 | - | |
78 | The Purple Fern | - | ||
79 | Flies in the Web | 1908 | - | |
80 | The Sacred Herb | - | ||
81 | The Sealed Message | - | ||
82 | The Mystery of a Motor Cab | - | ||
83 | The Crowned Skull | - | ||
84 | The Green Mummy | - | ||
85 | The Amethyst Cross | - | ||
86 | The Top Dog | 1909 | - | |
87 | The Disappearing Eye | - | ||
88 | The Solitary Farm | - | ||
89 | The Devil's Ace | - | ||
90 | The Spider | 1910 | - | |
91 | The Mikado Jewel | - | ||
92 | The Peacock of Jewels | - | ||
93 | The Lonely Subaltern | - | ||
94 | The Rectory Governess | 1911 | - | |
95 | The Steel Crown | - | ||
96 | The Pink Shop | - | ||
97 | High Water Mark | - | ||
98 | The Jew's House | - | ||
99 | Mother Mandarin | 1912 | - | |
100 | Across the Footlights | - | ||
101 | A Son of Perdition | - | ||
102 | The Mystery Queen | - | ||
103 | Red Money | - | ||
104 | The Blue Talisman | - | ||
105 | Seen in the Shadow | 1913 | - | |
106 | In Queer Street | - | ||
107 | The Thirteenth Guest | - | ||
108 | The Curse | - | ||
109 | The 4 P.M. Express | 1914 | - | |
110 | Not Wanted | - | ||
111 | The Lost Parchment | - | ||
112 | Answered: A Spy Story | 1915 | - | |
113 | The Caretaker | - | ||
114 | The Red Bicycle | 1916 | - | |
115 | The Silent Signal | 1917 | - | |
116 | The Grey Doctor | - | ||
117 | The Black Image | 1918 | - | |
118 | Next Door | - | ||
119 | Heart of Ice | - | ||
120 | Crazy-Quilt | 1919 | - | |
121 | The Master-Mind | - | ||
122 | The Dark Avenue | 1920 | - | |
123 | The Other Person | - | ||
124 | The Singing Head | - | ||
125 | The Woman Who Held On | - | ||
126 | The Unexpected | 1921 | - | |
127 | Three | - | ||
128 | A Trick of Time | 1922 | - | |
129 | The Moth-Woman | 1923 | - | |
130 | The Whispering Lane | 1924 | - | |
131 | The Caravan Mystery | 1926 | - | |
132 | The Last Straw | 1932 | - |
No. | 事件名 | 発表年 | 邦訳 | 備考 |
1 | The Piccadilly Puzzle (Dowker - Detective) |
1889 | - | |
2 | The Dwarf's Chamber and other stories | 1896 | - | |
3 | The Dancer in Red | 1906 | - |
No. | 事件名 | 発表年 | 邦訳 | 備考 |
1 | The Sand Walker 砂歩き |
国書刊行会 怪奇小説の世紀3「夜の怪」('93) | ||
2 | 最後の人 | 新青年'30.6 | 原題不明 |
【参考】海外サイト「CRIME & MYSTERY FICTION」様