Three of a Kind (novella collection)

Three of a Kind
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJames M. Cain
LanguageEnglish
GenreHardboiled novel collection
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1943
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)

Three of a Kind is a collection of three novellas by James M. Cain, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1943. Each originally appeared as serials in magazines during the 1930s.[1][2][3] The collection includes Double Indemnity, first published in 1936 as a serial for Liberty magazine;[4][5] Career in C Major, originally entitled "Two Can Sing" when it appeared in The American Magazine in 1938;[6] and The Embezzler, appearing in Liberty as "Money and the Woman", also in 1938.[7][8]

  1. ^ Hoopes, 1982 p. 321
  2. ^ Skenazy, 1989 p. 12: "...three magazine serials were eventually published together as a book, Three of a Kind in 1943: Double Indemnity, "Two Can Sing" (later retitled Career in C Major [in Three of a Kind]) and "Money and the Woman" (The Embezzler)."
  3. ^ Hoopes, 1982 p. 331: "...an anthology of three Cain serials…"
  4. ^ Hoopes, 1982 p. 268-269: Redbook declined the work, but it was sold to Liberty for $8000.
  5. ^ Hoopes, 1981 p. 215-216
  6. ^ Madden, 1970 p. 50: "Career in C Major originally appeared in 1938 as a serial in The American Magazine under the title "Two Can Sing."
  7. ^ Hoopes, 1982 p. 321: Originally titled "Money and the Woman"
  8. ^ Hoopes, 1981 p. 216-217