Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720610001 ISBN 13: 9780720610000

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

A unique collection of Dickens stories, rarely seen in print, establishing him as one of the masters of the detective genre

Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction. While the larger-than-life characters in his novels have settled themselves in the public imagination, his detectives have had a profound effect on the development of crime fiction, and Dickens is now seen as the first major publicist for the police detective. Here, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Dickens's detective stories. Added to these are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark, including Mr. Nadgett from Martin Chuzzlewit, the first serious detective in an English novel, and Inspector Bucket from Bleak House.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Haining was a celebrated anthologist and author whose anthologies include The Golden Age of Crime Fiction and The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories.

Review:

"This collection reaffirms that the influence of Charles Dickens on the development and achievements of detective fiction is unchallengeable."  —P. D. James, The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0720610001
• ISBN 13: 9780720610000
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Haining Peter