Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Alfred McLelland Burrage (1889 – 1956) was a British writer.He was noted in his time as an author of fiction for boys which he published under the pseudonym Frank Lelland, including a popular series called "Tufty". He served in the First World War and published a memoir of his experiences, War Is War, as "Ex-Private X". War is War became a bestseller. His humorous novel, Poor Dear Esme (1925), described by Jack Adrian as a "comic classic", was often reprinted.Burrage is now remembered mainly for his horror fiction, which was originally collected in the books Some Ghost Stories (1927) and Someone in the Room (1931, as by "Ex-Private X") and has been reprinted by Ash-Tree Press. Bleiler has described Burrage's work thus: "The best stories in SOME GHOST STORIES and SOMEONE IN THE ROOM are intelligent, well crafted, and imaginative." Richard Dalby has ranked Burrage as "one of the finest English ghost story writers, alongside Benson, Wakefield and James." Neil Barron has stated "Burrage's underrated short stories are deft and subtle, and include a number of poignant posthumous fantasies."Burrage was a Roman Catholic."@en }
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- A._M._Burrage abstract "Alfred McLelland Burrage (1889 – 1956) was a British writer.He was noted in his time as an author of fiction for boys which he published under the pseudonym Frank Lelland, including a popular series called "Tufty". He served in the First World War and published a memoir of his experiences, War Is War, as "Ex-Private X". War is War became a bestseller. His humorous novel, Poor Dear Esme (1925), described by Jack Adrian as a "comic classic", was often reprinted.Burrage is now remembered mainly for his horror fiction, which was originally collected in the books Some Ghost Stories (1927) and Someone in the Room (1931, as by "Ex-Private X") and has been reprinted by Ash-Tree Press. Bleiler has described Burrage's work thus: "The best stories in SOME GHOST STORIES and SOMEONE IN THE ROOM are intelligent, well crafted, and imaginative." Richard Dalby has ranked Burrage as "one of the finest English ghost story writers, alongside Benson, Wakefield and James." Neil Barron has stated "Burrage's underrated short stories are deft and subtle, and include a number of poignant posthumous fantasies."Burrage was a Roman Catholic.".