Edogawa Rampo (Author of Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination)

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Edogawa Rampo

Born

in Mie, Japan

October 21, 1894

Died

July 28, 1965

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

Influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ruikō Kuroiwa ...more

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Hirai Tarō (平井太郎), better known by the pseudonym Rampo Edogawa ( 江戸川乱歩), sometimes romanized as "Ranpo Edogawa", was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 28,911 ratings · 4,766 reviews · 611 distinct works ? Similar authors

	Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination 4.05 avg rating — 5,830 ratings — published 1956 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	G?sienica by Edogawa Rampo, Ranpo Edogawa, Dariusz Lato? (Editor / Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 4,471 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Human Chair 4.25 avg rating — 1,891 ratings — published 1925 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demon z samotnej wyspy by Edogawa Rampo, Ranpo Edogawa, Andrzej ?wirkowski (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — published 1929 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La belva nell'ombra by Edogawa Rampo, Maria Teresa Orsi (Foreword), Graziana Canova (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 1,251 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	???? ???? by Edogawa Rampo, ????? ?????? (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 1,198 ratings — published 1925	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo, Ian Hughes (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 1928 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Lizard / Beast in the Shadows by Edogawa Rampo, Mark Schreiber (Introduction), Ian Hughes (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 1928 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Edogawa Rampo, Elaine Kazu Gerbert (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 934 ratings — published 1926 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El lagarto negro by Edogawa Rampo, Lourdes Porta Fuentes (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 1929 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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少年探侦 (26 books)
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3.56 avg rating — 402 ratings

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3.41 avg rating — 331 ratings

Quotes by Edogawa Rampo (?)

“This is what I am talking about: the bewitching power of moonlight. Moonlight incites dark passions like a cold flame, making hearts burning with the intensity of phosphorus.”
― Rampo Edogawa

tags: dark-passions, madness, moon, moonlight

72 likes

“The living world is a dream. The nocturnal dream is reality.”
― Rampo Edogawa

tags: dreams, life, reality

41 likes

“From dawn to dusk I spent my time in the real world. Only in my dreams at night could I indulge my fantasies.”
― Rampo Edogawa, The Edogawa Rampo Reader

tags: dream, fantasy, life, reality

18 likes

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