The Man with the Nailed Shoes and other stories

by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Mossison, Victor L. Whitechurch, G.K. Chesteryon

Overview

A collection of some of the very best classic crime fiction short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt and The Purloined Letter; from master-storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle A Scandal in Bohemia, The Adventure of the Red-Headed League and The Adventure of the Speckled Band; from Arthur Morrison The Lenton Croft Robberies, The Ivy Cottage Mystery and The Affair of Samuel's Diamonds; from R Austin Freeman The Man with the Nailed Shoes; The Case of Oscar Brodski and The Magic Casket; from Victor L Whitechurch The Tragedy of the London and Mid-Northern, Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture and A Warning in Red; and from Annie Haynes a full-length novel, The Abbey Court Murder.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158880988
Publisher:	BakerSteele Publishing
Publication date:	03/09/2016
Series:	Classic Mystery and Detective Stories , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.