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101 years' entertainment

101 years' entertainment

the great detective stories, 1841-1941
Mystery
Pages
995
Published
1941
Language
English

Synopsis

Collection of mystery and detective stories that include works by the major writers in this genre, but also those writers famous at the time the book was published but have since been forgotten. Authors included are : Poe, Doyle, Morrison, Futrelle, LeBlance, Freeman, Chesterton, Adams, Post, Bentley, Bramah, Bailey, Christie, Sayers, Wynne, Allingham, Hammett, Queen Dickson, Shore, Eberhart, Rinehart, Cohen, Hornung,Wallace, Charteris, Mason Starrett, Cobb and many others.

Genres

Mystery

About the author

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Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David) Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April 3, 1971), to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered 42 years, Ellery Queen served as both author's name and that of the detective-hero. Movies, radio shows, and television shows have b...