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101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941

by Ellery Queen (Editor)

Other authors: Samuel Hopkins Adams (Contributor), Marjorie Allingham (Contributor), Frederick Irving Anderson (Contributor), H. C. Bailey (Contributor), Robert Barr (Contributor) — 45 more, E.C. Bentley (Contributor), Anthony Berkeley (Contributor), Ernest Bramah (Contributor), Pearl S. Buck (Contributor), Thomas Burke (Contributor), Leslie Charteris (Contributor), G. K. Chesterton (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Irvin S. Cobb (Contributor), Octavus Roy Cohen (Contributor), G.D.H. Cole (Contributor), M.I. Cole (Contributor), Richard Connell (Contributor), Carter Dickson (Contributor), George Dilnot (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Lord Dunsany (Contributor), Mignon Eberhart (Contributor), Robert Eustace (Contributor), R. Austin Freeman (Contributor), Frank Froest (Contributor), Jacques Futrelle (Contributor), Dashiell Hammett (Contributor), E. W. Hornung (Contributor), Edgar Jepson (Contributor), F. Tennyson Jesse (Contributor), Ronald A. Knor (Contributor), Maurice Leblanc (Contributor), Maurice Leblanc (Contributor), A. E. W. Mason (Contributor), Arthur Morrison (Contributor), Baroness Orczy (Contributor), Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor), Melville Davisson Post (Contributor), Ellery Queen (Contributor), Ben Ray Redman (Contributor), Mary Roberts Rinehart (Contributor), Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributor), M. P. Shiel (Contributor), Viola Brothers Shore (Contributor), Vincent Starrett (Contributor), T. S. Stribling (Contributor), Edgar Wallace (Contributor), Hugh Walpole (Contributor), Anthony Wynne (Contributor)

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Queen, ElleryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Adams, Samuel HopkinsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Allingham, MarjorieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Anderson, Frederick IrvingContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bailey, H. C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barr, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bentley, E.C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berkeley, AnthonyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Buck, Pearl S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burke, ThomasContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Charteris, LeslieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chesterton, G. K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Christie, AgathaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cobb, Irvin S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cohen, Octavus RoyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cole, G.D.H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cole, M.I.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Connell, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Doyle, Arthur ConanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Jesse, F. TennysonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Poe, Edgar AllanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Post, Melville DavissonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Queen, ElleryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Contains:
  • Introduction
  • The Great Detectives
    • C. Auguste Dupin in The Purloined Letter (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe
    • Sherlock Holmes in The Science of Deduction (1887) by Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Martin Hewitt in The Lenton Croft Robberies (1894) by Arthur Morrison
    • Prince Zaleski in The S.S. (1895) by M. P. Shiel
    • The Old Man in the Corner in The Dublin Mystery (1902) by Baroness Orczy
    • The Thinking Machine in The Problem of Cell 13 (1905) by Jacques Futrelle
    • Eugène Valmont in The Absent-Minded Coterie (1906) by Robert Barr
    • Arsène Lupin in The Red Silk Scarf (1907) by Maurice Leblanc
    • Dr. Thorndyke in The Puzzle Lock (1907) by R. Austin Freeman
    • Father Brown in The Secret Garden (1911) by Gilbert K. Chesterton
    • Average Jones in The Man Who Spoke Latin (1911) by Samuel Hopkins Adams
    • Uncle Abner in The Doomdorf Mystery (1911) by Melville Davisson Post
    • Philip Trent in The Sweet Shot (1913) by E. C. Bentley
    • Max Carrados in The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage (1914) by Ernest Bramah
    • Inspector Barraclough in The Pink Edge (1915) by Frank Froest and George Dilnot
    • Mr. Fortune in The Long Dinner (1920) by H. C. Bailey
    • Hercule Poirot in A Chess Problem (1920) by Agatha Christie
    • Superintendent Wilson in The Owl at the Window (1923) by G. D. H. and M. I. Cole
    • Lord Peter Wimsey in A Matter of Taste (1923) by Dorothy L. Sayers
    • Dr. Hailey in The Cyprian Bees (1925) by Anthony Wynne
    • Miles Bredon in Solved by Inspection (1925) by Ronald A. Knor
    • Roger Sheringham in The Avenging Chance (1925) by Anthony Berkeley
    • Albert Campion in The Border-Line Case (1928) by Margery Allingham
    • Mr. Linley in The Two Bottles of Relish (192–) by Lord Dunsany
    • Sam Spade in A Man Called Spade (1929) by Dashiell Hammett
    • Professor Poggioli in The Resurrection of Chin Lee (1929) by T. S. Stribling
    • Ellery Queen in The Mad Tea Party (1929) by Ellery Queen
    • Colonel March in The Crime in Nobody's Room (1940) by Carter Dickson
  • The Great Women Detectives
    • Ruth Kelstern in The Tea Leaf (1925) by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace 579
    • Gwynn Leith in The Mackenzie Case (1934) by Viola Brothers Shore
    • Susan Dare in Introducing Susan Dare (1934) by Mignon Eberhart
  • The Great Humorous Detective Stories
    • Tish in The Treasure Hunt (1916) by Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • Tuppence and Tommy in The Disappearance of Mrs. Leigh Gordon (1929) by Agatha Christie
    • Florian Slappey in The Mystery of the Missing Wash (1938) by Octavus Roy Cohen
  • The Great Thieves
    • Raffles in The Criminologists' Club (1899) by E. W. Hornung
    • Arsène Lupin in Arsène Lupin in Prison (1907) by Maurice Leblanc
    • The Infallible Godahl in Blind Man's Buff (1913) by Frederick Irving Anderson
    • Four Square Jane in The Stolen Romney (192–) by Edgar Wallace
    • The Saint in Paris Adventure (1929) by Leslie Charteris
  • The Great Crime Stories
    • The Clock (1917) by A. E. W. Mason
    • The Most Dangerous Game (1925) by Richard Connell
    • The Eleventh Juror (1927) by Vincent Starrett
    • Philomel Cottage (192–) by Agatha Christie
    • Faith, Hope and Charity (1930) by Irvin S. Cobb
    • The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1931) by Thomas Burke
    • Treasure Trove (1933) by F. Tennyson Jesse
    • Suspicion (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers
    • The Silver Mask (1933) by Hugh Walpole
    • Ransom (1938) by Pearl S. Buck
  • The Detective Story to End Detective Stories
    • The Perfect Crime by Ben Ray Redman
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