An edition of The Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century (1988)
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century
By Isaac Asimov,Charles G. Waugh,Martin H. Greenberg,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Edgar Allan Poe,Wilkie Collins,William Russell,Thomas Hardy,Richard Harding Davis,Arthur Conan Doyle,Israel Zangwill,Robert Barr,Melville Davisson Post,Grant Allen,Arthur Morrison,Rodriguez Ottolengui,Harry Stillwell Edwards,Mark Twain
Publish Date
1989
Publisher
Robson Books Ltd
Language
eng
Pages
325
Description:
Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe / Nathaniel Hawthorne [Purloined letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) / Edgar Allan Poe Terribly strange bed / Wilkie Collins Murder under the microscope / William Russell Three strangers / Thomas Hardy Gallagher / Richard Harding Davis [Red-headed league](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W) / Arthur Conan Doyle Cheating the gallows / Israel Zangwill Chemistry of anarchy / Robert Barr Sheriff of Gullmore / Melville Davisson Post The Episode of the Mexican Seer / Grant Allen Affair of the 'Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre Co., Limited' / Arthur Morrison Nameless man / Rodriguez Ottolengui His defense / Harry Stillwell Edwards Man that corrupted Hadleyburg / Mark Twain
subjects: English Detective and mystery stories, English fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, monograms, Children's fiction, banks, detective fiction, Encyclopædia Britannica, pawnbrokers, police inspectors, red hair
People: C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson, Jabez Wilson, Vincent Spaulding, Duncan Ross, Police Inspector Jones, Mr. Merryweather, John Clay, Archie
Places: Paris, London, Baker Street
Times: 1890