The Detective Story
by Saul Schwartz, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ellery Queen, Jacques Futrelle, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, William Brittain, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Stuart Palmer, James Yaffe, John Ball, Rex Stout, Hugh Pentecost, Bret Harte, Schwartz, Saul.
Annotated anthology textbook of detective stories for American high schools, containing literary history and criticism with student exercises designed to deepen similar literary sensibilities.
Contains:
Edgar Allan Poe
The murders in the Rue Morgue --
The purloined letter --
The gold bug --
Arthur Conan Doyle
Study in scarlet (excerpts) --
Final Problem
The American Sherlock Holmes:
Ellery Queen
The telltale bottle --
My queer dean! --
The adventure of the president's half dome --
The others:
The problem of cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle --
The invisible man by G.K. Chesterton --
The mystery of Hunter's Lodge by Agatha Christie --
The adventurous exploit of the cave of Ali Baba by Dorothy Sayers --
Mr. Strang performs an experiment by William Brittain --
There were female sleuths before women's liberation:
Locked doors by Mary Roberts Rinehart --
Village murders by Agatha Christie --
You bet your life by Stuart Palmer --
Mom and the haunted mink by James Yaffe --
Variations:
In the heat of the night (excerpts) by John [Dudley] Ball --
The world series murder by Rex Stout --
The day the children vanished by Hugh Pentecost --
The stolen cigar case by Bret Harte.
