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Unabridged. |
| Description |
15 audio discs (18 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Read by Paul Boehmer, Maxwell Caulfield, Gabrielle de Cuir, Alex Hyde-White, John Lee, Jim Meskimen, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki, and Arthur Morey. |
| Summary |
This collection of seventeen classic mystery stories, dating from 1837 to 1914, traces the earliest history of popular detective fiction. |
| Contents |
Origins of Sherlock Holmes / by Leslie S. Klinger -- Introduction / by Graeme Davis -- The secret cell / William Evans Burton -- The mystery of Marie Rogêt / Edgar Allan Poe -- The detective police / Charles Dickens -- The trail of the serpent (extract) / Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- The Notting Hill mystery (extract) / Charles Felix -- The mystery of Orcival (extract) / Émile Gaboriau -- Mr. Policeman and the cook / Wilkie Collins -- The Lenton Croft robberies / Arthur Morrison -- Gentlemen and players, and the return match / E.W. Hornung The secret of the fox hunter / William le Querux -- The superfluous finger / Jacques Futrelle -- The mystery of the yellow room (extract) / Gaston Leroux -- The Jewish lamp (extract) / by Maurice Leblanc -- The man with the nailed shoes / R. Austin Freeman -- The ninescore mystery / Baroness Orczy -- The scientific cracksman / Arthur B. Reeve -- The coin of Dionysius / Ernest Bramah. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. (OCoLC)fst01802123
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Holmes, Sherlock. (OCoLC)fst01906994
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Detective and mystery stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00891483
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Detective and mystery stories, English. (OCoLC)fst00891515
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Mystery fiction.
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Short stories.
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Audiobooks.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Graeme, editor, writer of introduction.
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Klinger, Leslie S., writer of foreword.
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Boehmer, Paul, narrator.
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Caulfield, Maxwell, narrator.
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De Cuir, Gabrielle, narrator.
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Hyde-White, Alex, 1959- narrator.
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Lee, John Rafter, narrator.
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Meskimen, Jim, narrator.
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Rubinstein, John, 1946- narrator.
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Rudnicki, Stefan, 1945- narrator.
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Morey, Arthur, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9781094109206 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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1094109207 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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9781094109213 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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1094109215 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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