Classic English mystery and detective stories

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934 (Added Author).

Summary: Annotation When you're in the mood for suspense, nothing delivers like a collection of mystery and detective stories. These tales have been culled from the golden age of the genre, when masters like Charles Dickens, Thomas De Quincey, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray were producing stories at a rapid clip to satisfy millions of devoted readers. Curl up with Classic English Mystery and Detective Stories tonight.

Record details

ISBN: 1775417662
ISBN: 9781775417668
Physical Description: 1 online resource (540 pages)
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Publisher: [Waiheke Island] : Floating Press, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The haunted house ; No. 1 Branch Line: the signal man / by Charles Dickens -- The haunted and the haunters, or, The house and the brain ; The incantation / by Bulwer-Lytton -- The avenger / by Thomas De Quincey -- Melmoth the wanderer / by Charles Robert Maturin -- A mystery with a moral / by Laurence Sterne -- On being found out ; The notch in the ax : a story a la mode / by William Makepeace Thackeray -- Bourgonef --The closed cabinet.