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Gruesser John Cullen Gruesser
Century of Detection
Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940

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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.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 378 ● ISBN 9780786457748 ● Editore Gruesser John Cullen Gruesser ● Casa editrice McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ● Pubblicato 2014 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5839268 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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