| Title | : | A Treasury of Victorian detective stories |
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| ISBN | : | 0684160552 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780684160559 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Unbound |
| Number of Pages | : | 406 |
| Publication | : | First published May 1, 1985 |
A Treasury of Victorian detective stories Reviews
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1979 Scribners 406 pages with Sources
5 page intro by the editor is informative. There are 23 stories by such authors as Dickens, Collins, Doyle, and Brett Hart, along with others. Interesting examples of the era and some are classics still read and enjoyed today. -
Read so far:
Three detective anecdotes / Charles Dickens --2
Arrested on suspicion / Andrew Forrester --2
Murder under the microscope / "Waters" (William Russell) --3
The relevations of a detective / Tom Fox --
*Hanged by the neck / Charles Martel --
Levison's victim / Mary Braddon --3
The little old man of Batignolles / Êmile Gaboriau --3
Going through the tunnel / Mrs. Henry Wood --3
Mr. policeman and the cook / Wilkie Collins --3
Dr. Varvill's prescription / J.H. Riddell --
The great ruby robbery / Grant Allen --3
The wedding guest / Guy Boothby --2
*The recollections of captain Wilkie / A. Conan Doyle --
The story of Baelbrow / E. and H. Heron --1
The bank note forger / Cutcliffe Hyne --3
The outside ledge / by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace / L.T. Meade --3
*The case of the late Mr. Rewse / Arthur Morrison --
The black bag left on a door-step / C.L. Pirkis --3
*The sheriff of Gullmore / Melville Davisson Post --
The staircase at the heart's delight / Anna Katharine Green --3
The stolen cigar-case / Bret Harte--2 -
Synopsis: stories from 19th century writers: Waters, Forrester Jr., Pirkis, Morrison, Meade and Eustace.
