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The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime

Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes (Penguin Classics)

By Sims, Michael

Publishers Summary:
An exclusive collection—the first- ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present—Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl—burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson.

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978-0-14310-566-4
Publisher
Penguin Classics


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Reviewed on March 15, 2009

Sims (Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form) has compiled a dozen stories focusing not on detectives but on thieves and con artists. These tales cover the period between the mid-1890s and the early 1920s and feature such well-known characters as Grant Allen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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