The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786716983 ISBN 13: 9780786716982

Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

An anthology of proto-crime writing from the pre-Golden Age of the nineteenth century's second half features forgotten stories by such writers as Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Wilkie Collins, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain, among others. Original.

About this title

Book Description:

The years 1850-1905 represent the pre-Golden Age of crime writing. Drawing from those earliest days of mystery fiction, this anthology includes a surprising number of authors not commonly associated with crime fiction - names like Alexander Dumas, Alexander Pushkin, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stephenson, Arnold Bennett, Mark Twain and more.

Synopsis:

Following on the heels of the popular Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories, the The Mammoth Book of Vintage Whodunnits is an amazing collection of classic proto-crime writing taken from the pre-Golden Age of detective stories1850-1905and features literary giants of the era such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Maurice Leblanc, O. Henry, and Mark Twain among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786716983
• ISBN 13: 9780786716982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Jakubowski Maxim