Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720610451 ISBN 13: 9780720610451

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

Hunted Down is a selection of Dicken''s fasci nating detective stories. Haining introduces to us a motley cast of heroes and villains in episodes that are sometimes c omical, sometimes grotesque - and always entertaining. '

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Review:

CHARLES DICKENS CAN justly be regarded as the founding father of the modern detective story, but his influence on the popularity of the genre and its development has been largely understated by critics of his work and of crime writing. In this book Peter Haining does much to redress the balance, both in his admirable introduction and by his judicious selection from the novels and short stories . . . this collection reaffirms that the influence of Charles Dickens on the development and achievements of detective fiction is unchallengeable.' P.D. James , Times --P.D. James Times

'Dickens was fascinated both by crime (especially murder) and the growing skills of the new detective force in tracking it down, and Peter Haining casts his net wide in this collection of stories that embody that fascination. he is justified too in his emphasis on their influence on crime fiction and detective stories of the past century. Graham Storey, Co-Editor of The Letters of Charles Dickens --Graham Storey

'A fascinating anthology. His [Dickens's] tone is brisk and the details are unembellished.' Independent on Sunday --Independent on Sunday

Even with his final novel left incomplete, this collection reaffirms that the influence of Charles Dickens on the development and achievements of detective fiction is unchallengeable.' --P.D. James, The Times

'This useful collection includes juvenilia and the more interesting stories from 1850 to 51. These have real sociological significance, the first real appearance in English society of the detective proper.' --The Glasgow Herald

About the Author:

Arguably one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens is the author of such literary masterpieces as A Tale of Two Cities (1859), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), and The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1839), among many others. Dickens' s indelible characters and timeless stories continue to resonate with readers around the world more than 130 years after his death. Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0720610451
• ISBN 13: 9780720610451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Haining Peter