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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.
John Cullen Gruesser is a Senior Research Scholar at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction THE INVENTION OF MODERN DETECTIONEDGAR 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 FORMWILKIE 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 DETECTIVEARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Speckled Bandby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Final Problemby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle BRET HARTE The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND DETECTIONMARY 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 GUYSCARROLL 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 DETECTIONPAULINE ELIZABETH HOPKINS Talma Gordon by Pauline Hopkins CHESTER HIMES He Knew by Chester Himes RALPH ELLISON The Birthmark by Ralph Ellison Suggested Reading