Crime By Gaslight - Volume 1 - Paperback

$17.87

Crime By Gaslight - Volume 1 - Paperback

Name: Crime By Gaslight - Volume 1 - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781783945382
Price: 17.87 USD
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by Gk Chesterton , Arthur Conan Doyle , Edith Wharton

$17.87

Book Overview

We all love a good crime story. An anthology of short crime stories, written by the finest of craftsman of their age, is always a welcome treat. The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we have a selection of short stories from many of our most accomplished writers written at the beginnings of Detective fiction. Our stories include these classics: The Return Of Imray by Rudyard Kipling, The Eye Of Apollo by GK Chesterton, The Adventure Of The Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Black Doctor by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Bolted Door by Edith Wharton, The Gerrard Street Mystery by John Charles Dent

ISBN	9781783945382
Author	Gk Chesterton , Arthur Conan Doyle , Edith Wharton
Publisher	Miniature Masterpieces
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	December 2013
Language	ENG- English
Pages	104
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books and 150 short stories, as well as poems, plays, and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, whom he introduced in his first novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887), and last wrote about in short stories published in 1927.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a brilliant American writer known for such works as The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome. She became the first woman to win a Pulitzer when she was awarded the 1921 Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence. A member of the New York elite, Wharton funneled her experiences into vivid portrayals and critiques of high society, while deftly exposing the painful tension between personal desires and societal norms. Wharton died in Paris in 1937 at the age of 75, having written 85 short stories, 16 novels, 11 works of nonfiction, and 3 books of poetry.