Victorian Detective Stories: An Oxford Anthology
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Book Overview
The Victorian era saw the first great flowering of the detective story. Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.S. Le Fanu, and a host of others pioneered a genre of fiction that remains among the most popular today. Now, in Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection, Michael Cox provides a sampling of the finest detective stories written from the 1840s to the early twentieth century.
Here readers will find tales...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:019283150X
ISBN13:9780192831507
Release Date:November 1993
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:606 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
a fascinating collection of mysteries
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
So fascinating a collection that I ordered it twice for the pleasure of having it in two formats. Too bad it is not always available or easily available as a new item. A must have for lovers of the genre and novices alike. Excellent intoductory section. Highly recommended.
Very enjoyable and worth every penny.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
If you like a good, old-fashioned mystery, this is the book for you. I expected that I would have read most of these, but I was surprised to find many unfamiliar stories, along with a few familiar (but very good) ones. I was sorry to come to the end.
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