A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940

Synopsis

Appropriate For The General Reader And The Student, This Wide-ranging Anthology Of Mystery Stories Provides A Chronological And Thematic Survey Of Early Detection Fiction. Six Thematic Categories Foreground The Genre's Fluidity And Evolution, With Selections Presenting Detectives In An Array Of Nationalities, Genders And Sexual Orientations, Socioeconomic Classes, Political Points Of View, And Ethnic And Racial Backgrounds--provided By Publisher. The Invention Of Modern Detection -- The Murders In The Rue Morgue / By Edgar Allan Poe -- The Purloined Letter Morgue / By Edgar Allan Poe -- The Gold-bug Morgue / By Edgar Allan Poe -- Who Is The Thief? / By Wilkie Collins -- The Stolen White Elephant / By Mark Twain -- The Blue Cross / By G. K. Chesterton -- 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 -- The Stolen Cigar Case / By Bret Harte -- The Long Arm / By Mary Wilkins Freeman -- The Ninescore Mystery / By Baroness Orczy -- Missing: Page Thirteen / By Anna Katharine Green -- A Jury Of Her Peers / By Susan Glaspell -- The False Burton Combs / By Carroll John Daly -- The Road Home / By Dashiell Hammett -- Murder At The Automat / By Cornell Woolrich -- Talma Gordon / By Pauline Hopkins -- He Knew / By Chester Himes -- The Birthmark / By Ralph Ellison. Edited By John Cullen Gruesser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.