Victorian Masters of Mystery
Subtitle: From Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle
By: Audrey Peterson.
Publisher: F. Ungar Pub. Co.
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.; Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 227-230.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings: The London Constabulary; title: Wilkie Collins and the Mystery Novel; title: The Life; title: Early Works; title: *The Woman in White*; title: *No Name* and *Armadale*; title: *The Moonstone*; title: Last Works; title: Dickens and Detection; title: The Life; title: Mystery Plots and Detectives; title: *The Mystery of Edwin Drood*; title: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Horror and Suspense; title: *Wylder's Hand*; title: *Uncle Silas*; title: Some Minor Voices; title: Mary Elizabeth Braddon; title: James Payn; title: Anna Katharine Green; title: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Great Detective; title: Notes; title: Suggested Reading; title: Bibliography; title: Index