An edition of Classic Crime Stories (1975)

Classic Crime Stories

the criminal in literature

1st ed.

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Cover of: Classic Crime Stories by Arthur Liebman, Geoffrey Chaucer, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Антон Павлович Чехов, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Liebman
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An edition of Classic Crime Stories (1975)

Classic Crime Stories

the criminal in literature

1st ed.

by , , , , , , , , , and

  • 1 Want to read

The pardoner's tale / Geoffrey Chaucer --
Imp of the Perverse / Edgar Allan Poe --
Hunted down / Charles Dickens --
An honest thief / Fiodor Dostoevski --
God sees the truth, but waits / Leo Tolstoi --
Sleepyhead / Anton Chekhov --
Revenge / Guy de Maupassant --
Markheim / Robert Louis Stevenson --
The lost special / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --
My favorite murder / Ambrose Bierce --
The stolen bacillus / H.G. Wells --
A retrieved reformation / O. Henry --
The lynching of Jube Benson / Paul Laurence Dunbar --
Footfalls / Wilbur Daniel Steele --
The hands of Mr. Ottermole / Thomas Burke --
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner --
Back for Christmas / John Collier --
The small assassin / Ray Bradbury.

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Richards Rosen Press
Language
English
Pages
239

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Subjects

tradition, change, death, short stories, allegory, nonlinear narrative, gentleman's agreements, recluses, Mentally ill women, Fiction, self-destructive behavior, metaphors, coroners, hanging, Detective and mystery stories, Criminals, Crime in literature, Detective and mystery fiction, Mystery fiction, Mystery and detective stories

People

Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Colonel Sartoris

Places

Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County

Times

Antebellum era
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Classic Crime Stories: the criminal in literature
1975, Richards Rosen Press
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Table of Contents

Chaucer, G. The pardoner's tale.
Poe, E. A. The imp of the perverse.
Dickens, C. Hunted down.
Dostoevski, F. An honest thief.
Tolstoi, L. God sees the truth, but waits.
Chekhov, A. Sleepyhead.
Maupassant, G. de. Revenge.
Stevenson, R. L. Markheim.
Doyle, Sir A. C. The lost special.
Bierce, A. My favorite murder.
Wells, H. G. The stolen bacillus.
Henry, O. A retrieved reformation.
Dunbar, P. L. The lynching of Jube Benson.
Steele, W. D. Footfalls.
Burke, T. The hands of Mr. Ottermole.
Faulkner, W. A rose for Emily.
Collier, J. Back for Christmas.
Bradbury, R. The small assassin.

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 237-239.

Published in
New York
Series
Masterworks of mystery series
Copyright Date
1975

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.83/872
Library of Congress
PZ1.L623 Cl, PN6071.D45 Cl

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 239 p.
Number of pages
239

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5064364M
Internet Archive
classiccrimestor0000lieb
ISBN 10
0823903109
ISBN 13
9780823903108
LCCN
74030432
OCLC/WorldCat
1119811
Goodreads
3490078

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OL4098282W

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