Name: Classic Tales of Mystery - Editors Of Canterbury Classics
Brand: Editors Of Canterbury Classics
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nEleven classic whodunits starring master sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Father Brown. nA superstar lineup of detectives--including Sherlock Holmes, C. Auguste Dupin, and Hercule Poirot--headlines this elegant leather-bound edition of classic mystery stories. Short stories such as Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue and G. K. Chesterton's The Blue Cross are ideal for a cozy evening by the fire, while novels like Agatha Christie's The Murder on the Links and Jules Verne's An Antarctic Mystery will keep you engrossed for days. The eleven works in this volume are preceded by a scholarly introduction that explores the origins of the genre, as well as the development of the modern mystery story and the contributions made by each author. n nWorks Included nShort stories: n The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe n The Adventure of the Creeping Man, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle n The Blue Cross, G. K. Chesterton n The Coin of Dionysius, Ernest Bramah n The Anthropologist at Large, R. Austin Freeman n The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell nNovels: nThe Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie nWhose Body?, Dorothy Sayers nThe Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan nAn Antarctic Mystery, Jules Verne nRoom 13, Edgar Wallacen