The Penguin book of Gaslight crime : con artists, burglars, rogues, and scoundrels from the time of Sherlock Holmes / edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Sims.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.Description: xviii, 248 p. . 19 cmISBN: - 0143105663
- 9780143105664
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Mystery | Sims Mic | Available | 33111005222688 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An exclusive collection--the first-ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era, including Arsène Lupin, the inspiration for the new Netflix series Lupin , starring Omar Sy
collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl-burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson.
Episode of the diamond links / Grant Allen -- Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds / Guy Boothby -- Nine points of the law / E. W. Hornung -- Mystery of the five hundred diamonds / Robert Barr -- Comedy on the Gold Coast / Arnold Bennett -- Story of a secret / William Le Queux -- Chair of Philanthromathematics / O. Henry -- Get-rich-quick Wallingford / George Randolph Chester -- Blind man's buff / Frederick Irving Anderson -- Diamond spy / William Hope Hodgson -- Willow walk / Sinclair Lewis -- Four square Jane / Edgar Wallace.