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The Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century

  • Charles G. Waugh,
  • Harry Stillwell Edwards,
  • Melville Davisson Post,
  • Grant Allen,
  • Arthur Morrison,
  • Wilkie Collins,
  • Martin H. Greenberg,
  • Thomas Hardy,
  • Richard Harding Davis,
  • Robert Barr,
  • Arthur Conan Doyle,
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne,
  • Israel Zangwill,
  • Mark Twain,
  • Edgar Allan Poe,
  • Isaac Asimov,
  • William Russell,
  • Rodriguez Ottolengui

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Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe / Nathaniel Hawthorne Purloined letter / 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 / 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

Genres

  • 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
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    About the authors

    • Charles G. Waugh

      born 1943

      3.83

      6 ratings · 113 works

    • Harry Stillwell Edwards

      1855 - 1938

      2.00

      1 ratings · 21 works

    • Melville Davisson Post

      1871 - 1930

      2.75

      4 ratings · 33 works

    • Grant Allen

      February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899

      4.14

      14 ratings · 195 works

    • Arthur Morrison

      1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945

      3.60

      10 ratings · 43 works

    • Wilkie Collins

      8 Jan 1824 - 23 Sep 1889

      3.93

      88 ratings · 822 works

    • Martin H. Greenberg

      1 March 1941 - 25 June 2011

      3.75

      73 ratings · 767 works

    • Thomas Hardy

      2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928

      3.71

      99 ratings · 1651 works

    • Richard Harding Davis

      1864 - 1916

      3.70

      10 ratings · 163 works

    • Robert Barr

      16 September 1849 - 21 October 1912

      3.71

      14 ratings · 113 works

    • Arthur Conan Doyle

      1859 - 1930

      4.10

      811 ratings · 9059 works

    • Nathaniel Hawthorne

      4 July 1804 - 19 May 1864

      3.59

      228 ratings · 1885 works

    • Israel Zangwill

      21 January 1864 - 1 August 1926

      3.44

      9 ratings · 207 works

    • Mark Twain

      30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910

      3.86

      605 ratings · 7192 works

    • Edgar Allan Poe

      19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849

      4.14

      390 ratings · 4027 works

    • Isaac Asimov

      2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992

      4.12

      1583 ratings · 1361 works

    • William Russell

      1805 - 1876

      2.00

      1 ratings · 4 works

    • Rodriguez Ottolengui

      2.00

      1 ratings · 2 works

    Editions

    • Edition cover

      Dembner Books, Distributed by W.W. Norton

      1988

    • Edition cover

      Robson Books Ltd

      1989

    • Edition cover

      Barricade Books, UNKNO

      1995

    • Edition cover

      Barricade Books

      1988

    • Edition cover

      New Ed edition

      Barricade Books

      September 1995

    • Edition cover

      Knightsbridge Pub Co Mass

      March 1990

    • Edition cover

      Dembner Books

      May 1988

    • Edition cover

      Jaico Publishing House

      July 30, 2005