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THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF VINTAGE WHODUNNITS
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| By: |
Maxim Jakubowski |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1845292529 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781845292522 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
21 January, 2006 |
| Series: |
Mammoth Books |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
The years 1850-1905 represent the pre-Golden Age of crime writing. Drawing from those earliest days of mystery fiction, this anthology includes a surprising number of authors not commonly associated with crime fiction - names like Alexander Dumas, Alexander Pushkin, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stephenson, Arnold Bennett, Mark Twain and more. |
| Synopsis: |
Hidden gems from the earliest days of mystery fiction. The years 1850-1905 represent the pre-Golden Age of crime writing. Drawn exclusively from those earliest days of mystery fiction, this revealing anthology includes a surprising number of authors not commonly associated today with crime fiction - names like Alexander Dumas, Alexander Pushkin, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stephenson, Arnold Bennett, Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling. Over three-quarters of the stories in this fascinating volume have not been reproduced since the 1950s. They include: Guy de Maupassant's "The Hand"; Charles Dickens's "Hunted Down"; Maurice LeBlanc's gentleman-burglar Arsene Lupin; Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of the Three Students"; Robert Louis Stephenson's "Markheim"; Edgar Poe's Chevaller Auguste Dupin, the first genuine fictional detective; Baroness Orczy's "Old Man in the Corner"; and EW Hornung's immensely popular thief Raffles. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Robinson Publishing |
| Returns: |
Returnable |