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The rivals of Sherlock Holmes : the greatest detective stories, 1837-1914

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  • Contributor: Davis, Graeme; Klinger, Leslie S.; Boehmer, Paul; Caulfield, Maxwell; De Cuir, Gabrielle; Hyde-White, Alex; Lee, John Rafter; Meskimen, Jim; Rubinstein, John; Rudnicki, Stefan; Morey, Arthur
    Edition: Unabridged
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    2020
    Summary:

    This collection of seventeen classic mystery stories, dating from 1837 to 1914, traces the earliest history of popular detective fiction.

    Contents:
    • Origins of Sherlock Holmes / by Leslie S. Klinger
    • Introduction / by Graeme Davis
    • The secret cell / William Evans Burton
    • The mystery of Marie Rogêt / Edgar Allan Poe
    • The detective police / Charles Dickens
    • The trail of the serpent (extract) / Mary Elizabeth Braddon
    • The Notting Hill mystery (extract) / Charles Felix
    • The mystery of Orcival (extract) / Émile Gaboriau
    • Mr. Policeman and the cook / Wilkie Collins
    • The Lenton Croft robberies / Arthur Morrison
    • Gentlemen and players, and the return match / E.W. Hornung The secret of the fox hunter / William le Querux
    • The superfluous finger / Jacques Futrelle
    • The mystery of the yellow room (extract) / Gaston Leroux
    • The Jewish lamp (extract) / by Maurice Leblanc
    • The man with the nailed shoes / R. Austin Freeman
    • The ninescore mystery / Baroness Orczy
    • The scientific cracksman / Arthur B. Reeve
    • The coin of Dionysius / Ernest Bramah.
    Genre:
    Short stories
    Sujets: Detective and mystery stories, American | Detective and mystery stories, English | Doyle, Arthur Conan | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon], Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781094109206, 1094109207, 9781094109213, 1094109215