Project Gutenberg 2008-12-13 Public domain in the USA. 212 French, Joseph Lewis 1858 1936 Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories The Purloined Letter / Edgar Allan Poe The Black Hand / Arthur B. Reeve The Biter Bit / Wilkie Collins Missing: Page Thirteen / Anna Katherine Green A Scandal in Bohemia / A. Conan Doyle The Rope of Fear / Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew The Safety Match / Anton Chekhov Some Scotland Yard Stories, from "Criminals and Crime" / Sir Robert Anderson. Produced by David Clarke, Carla Foust, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of detective stories edited in the early 20th century. This anthology features a range of classic tales from notable authors in the mystery genre, likely appealing to fans of the genre and those interested in the history of detective fiction. The collection includes famous characters like C. Auguste Dupin from Edgar Allan Poe's works, who is considered a precursor to Sherlock Holmes. The beginning of this compilation presents "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe, where the brilliant detective C. Auguste Dupin engages in a cerebral discussion with the Prefect of the Parisian police about a puzzling theft. They are tasked with recovering an important letter that was stolen by an astute minister, and Dupin’s unparalleled logical abilities come into play as they navigate the simplicity and oddity of the crime. The opening sets the stage for a classic mystery where intellectual prowess, rather than brute force, is key to solving crimes. As the dialogue unfolds, Dupin’s unique perspective on the nature of obscurity and appearance foreshadows the clever resolution he will employ to unmask the true location of the purloined letter. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Detective and mystery stories Ghost stories PN Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 434910 434919 2024-09-12T03:43:14.183094 2023-09-12T07:29:36.338996 text/html text/html 440948 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 161909 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 243021 2024-09-12T03:43:22.357076 application/epub+zip 247241 2024-09-12T03:43:16.272080 application/epub+zip 247241 2024-09-12T03:43:15.039074 application/epub+zip 499381 2024-09-12T03:43:26.593005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470203 2024-09-12T03:43:21.401022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430032 2022-09-12T15:20:50.113967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397792 397568 2024-09-12T03:43:13.217067 2023-09-12T07:29:35.377979 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 397484 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152643 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 397491 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152572 2021-01-04T12:44:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21249 2024-09-12T03:43:26.731060 application/rdf+xml 23189 2024-09-12T03:43:15.404080 image/jpeg 4873 2024-09-12T03:43:15.219096 image/jpeg 229917 2024-09-12T03:43:14.221100 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia