An edition of Detection by Gaslight (1997)

Detection by Gaslight

14 Victorian Detective Stories

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Rich, varied collection of 14 extraordinary Victorian and Edwardian crime stories, many never before published in book form: Kipling's "The Return of Imray"; "The Tragedy of the Life Raft" by Jacques Futrelle; "The Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle; plus hard-to-find tales by G. K. Chesterton, Catherine L. Pirkis, Silas K. Hocking, others.
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Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
258

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Cover of: Detection by Gaslight
Detection by Gaslight
2012, Dover Publications, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Detection by Gaslight
Detection by Gaslight
2012, Dover Publications, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Detection by Gaslight
Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories
1997, Dover Publications
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Table of Contents

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Arthur Morrison - The Case of the Lost Foreigner
Catherine L. Pirkis - The Ghost of Fountain Lane
Rudyard Kipling - The Return of Imray
Headon Hill - The Divination of the Zagury Capsules
Baroness Orczy - The York Mystery
George R. Sims - The Haverstock Hill Murder
R. Austin Freeman - The Dead Hand
L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace - Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will
Silas K. Hocking - A Perverted Genius
G. K. Chesterton - The Eye of Apollo
Robert W. Chambers - The Purple Emperor
Jacques Futrelle - The Tragedy of the Life Raft
E. and H. Heron - The Story of Baelbrow

Edition Notes

UK/CAN/USA

Published in
Mineola, N.Y., USA
Series
Dover Thrift Editions
Copyright Date
1997

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.08720808
Library of Congress
PR1309.D4 D39 1997, PR1309.D4D

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
viii, 258 p. ;
Number of pages
258

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL676435M
Internet Archive
detectionbygasli00gree
ISBN 10
0486299287
ISBN 13
9780486299280
LCCN
97022681
OCLC/WorldCat
961899443
Google
98AMhSEs9XIC
Library Thing
9513337
Goodreads
143470

Work Description

Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Case of the lost foreigner / Arthur Morrison --
Ghost of Fountain Lane / Catherine L. Pirkis --
Return of Imray / Rudyard Kipling --
Divination of the Zagury Capsules / Headon Hill --
York mystery / Baroness Orczy --
Haverstock Hill murder / George R. Sims --
Dead hand / R. Austin Freeman --
Mr. Bovey's unexpected will / L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace --
Perverted genius / Silas K. Hocking --
Eye of Apollo / G.K. Chesterton --
Purple emperor / Robert W. Chambers --
Tragedy of the life raft / Jacques Futrelle --
Story of Baelbrow / E. and H. Heron.

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