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Masterpieces of Mystery: Riddle Stories

✍ Scribed by Joseph Lewis French; Golden Deer Classics

Book ID
111191621
Publisher
Oregan Publishing
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Weight
117 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9782377936106

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Edited by Joseph Lewis French, this collection of 9 riddle stories includes "The Mysterious Card" and its sequel by Cleveland Moffett, "The Oblong Box" by Poe, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "The Lost Room" by Fitz-James O'Brien and others selected as masterful examples of the genre by the editor. He says in the forward: "A distinguished American writer of fiction said to me lately: 'Did you ever think of the vital American way we live? We are always going after mental gymnastics.' Now the mystery story is mental gymnastics. ... The stories of this collection cover a wide range and are the choice of reading in several literatures."

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