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Designed for mystery lovers as well as professors and students in college courses devoted to detective fiction, this anthology features classic texts, pivotal works by lesser-known authors, and unknown gems by major writers not typically associated with the genre.
Providing a chronological and thematic survey of the first 100 years of detection, this volume includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bret Harte, G.K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Baroness Orzcy, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Pauline Hopkins, Chester Himes and Ralph Ellison.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
THE INVENTION OF MODERN DETECTION
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe
VARIATIONS ON POE, EXPANSIONS TO THE FORM
WILKIE COLLINS
Who Is the Thief? by Wilkie Collins
MARK TWAIN
The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain
G. K. CHESTERTON
The Blue Cross by G. K. Chesterton
THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED DETECTIVE
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Final Problem
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
BRET HARTE
The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte
GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND DETECTION
MARY WILKINS FREEMAN
The Long Arm by Mary Wilkins Freeman
BARONESS ORCZY
The Ninescore Mystery by Baroness Orczy
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katharine Green
SUSAN GLASPELL
A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
TOUGH GUYS
CARROLL JOHN DALY
The False Burton Combs by Carroll John Daly
DASHIELL HAMMETT
The Road Home by Dashiell Hammett
CORNELL WOOLRICH
Murder at the Automat by Cornell Woolrich
RACE AND DETECTION
PAULINE ELIZABETH HOPKINS
Talma Gordon by Pauline Hopkins
CHESTER HIMES
He Knew by Chester Himes
RALPH ELLISON
The Birthmark by Ralph Ellison
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