That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane
«“From the very beginning women writers have been of fundamental importance to the mystery genre, and these highly entertaining works by one of the founding ‘mothers’ of the American mystery novel demonstrate why. Times may have changed since these books were first published, but good reading never goes out of fashion.”—Dean James, coauthor of By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women and manager of Murder by the Book (Houston, Texas)»
These nineteenth-century novels were the first mysteries to feature a female detective figure; Nickerson's Introduction will introduce these out-of-print works to mystery fans and academics interested in women's fiction and nineteenth-century literature. Les mer
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These nineteenth-century novels were the first mysteries to feature a female detective figure; Nickerson's Introduction will introduce these out-of-print works to mystery fans and academics interested in women's fiction and nineteenth-century literature.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Duke University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 456
- ISBN
- 9780822331537
- Utgivelsesår
- 2003
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«“From the very beginning women writers have been of fundamental importance to the mystery genre, and these highly entertaining works by one of the founding ‘mothers’ of the American mystery novel demonstrate why. Times may have changed since these books were first published, but good reading never goes out of fashion.”—Dean James, coauthor of By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women and manager of Murder by the Book (Houston, Texas)»
«“Move over, Miss Marple! The original spinster sleuth is back, confronting ghostly coaches, nosing into family skullduggery, and tripping over occasional corpses. Three cheers for Amelia Butterworth and her creator Anna Katharine Green.”—Elizabeth Foxwell, mystery writer and contributing editor, Mystery Scene magazine»