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Which author's son, who was also a writer, took the pen name of the main character from a novel written by his famous parent, and who was this fictional character really known as?
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#65250. Asked by peasypod. (May 01 06 9:57 PM)
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lanfranco
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O.K., we'll need a bit of a hint here, along with some clarification.
Did the son use the pen name of the fictional character (presumably a writer) in his parent's novel solely as his own pen name? Or did he adopt the pen name of the fictional character and use it in general -- both within and without literary endeavors?
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peasypod
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Ok. Here it is, really very simply.
The parent wrote a 'masterpiece' we all know. The main character had a real name and was also known as something else---eg. Clark Kent AKA Superman.
The son of this author started to write for himself and used the name of the real identity of that fictional character from his parent's novel.
Ok?
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peasypod
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Perhaps I should add, the son used that fictional characters real name as his pen name for publishing his own works.
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peasypod
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Ok, Frankie has asked for a clue....the parent author was the first to offer a female detective as a main character.
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peasypod
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Why, yes, George, the parent author IS mentioned on the first link of those three.
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lanfranco
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It's Baroness Orczy, creator of the "Scarlet Pimpernel," whose son wrote under the name "John Blakeney." The SP's real name, of course, was Percy Blakeney.
As gt's link mentions, she also wrote "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard." Incidentally, there does seem to be some dispute about who was the first female detective. in fiction.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Orczy
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peasypod
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Well, finally. Yesiree Bob, that's the one I was after, and yes, I've just been reading it again.
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