HUNTED DOWN THE DETECTIVE STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS

Dickens, Charles; (Haining, Peter - editor)

ISBN 10: 0720610451 / ISBN 13: 9780720610451

Published by Peter Owen, 1st Peter Owen edition, 1996

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paperback,very good condition, no reading creases on spine, light pencil ghost on fep from old price.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HUNTED DOWN THE DETECTIVE STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
• Publisher: Peter Owen, 1st Peter Owen edition
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720610451
• ISBN 13: 9780720610451
• Binding: Soft cover
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Synopsis

In this classic anthology, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Charles Dickens' detective stories. Added to the stories are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark. These law officers and the circumstances in which they work were based on Dickens' observations of the fledgling police detective force when he was a solicitor's clerk and reporter. He accompanied detectives on their nightly patrols of the streets of London, witnessed the day-to-day running of police stations, attended magistrates' courts, and was present at murder trials and public executions. Out of these eyewitness experiences grew Mr. Nadgett in Martin Chuzzlewit?the first serious detective in an English novel?and Inspector Bucket in Bleak House, who solves the murder of an unscrupulous lawyer. The assorted cast of inspectors, sergeants, and constables also include an amateur detective, a river policeman, and the prototype of all undercover policemen.

From the Publisher

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Windows 3.11, Windows/95, Windows/98, OS/2 and MacIntosh and Linux with Windows Emulation.

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