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A Century of Detection surveys the first hundred years of the detective genre with a curated selection of short stories and novellas. The anthology includes landmark works by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, and G.K. Chesterton, as well as lesser‑known gems by authors such as Mary Wilkins Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Dashiell Hammett, and Ralph Ellison. Designed for mystery lovers and academic audiences, the volume offers a chronological and thematic overview, highlighting variations in form, gender roles, race, and stylistic shifts within the genre.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: John Cullen Gruesser
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