The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
Published on 31. March 2009
272 pages
978-1-101-02912-1 (ISBN)
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An exclusive collection--the first-ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era, including Arsène Lupin, the inspiration for the new Netflix series Lupin, starring Omar Sy collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl-burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson.
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The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues, and Scoundrels from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
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11/2009
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Michael Sims is the author of In the Womb: Animals (adapted from two National Geographic Channel documentaries). He is also the author of Apollo's Fire: A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day, which NPR chose as one of the best science books of 2007; Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Library Journal Best Science Book; and Darwin's Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts. For Penguin Classics he also edited The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel, Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief, and The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime. He has written for many periodicals, from the Washington Post to New Statesman.
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The Penguin Book of Gaslight CrimeAcknowledgments
Introduction: Fools and Their Money
Suggestions for Further Reading
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
Grant Allen (1848-1899) The Episode of the Diamond Links
Guy Boothby (1867-1905) The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
E. W. Hornung (1866-1921) Nine Points of the Law
Robert Barr (1849-1912) The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) A Comedy on the Gold Coast
William Le Queux (1864-1927) The Story of a Secret
O. Henry (1862-1910) The Chair of Philanthromathematics
George Randolph Chester (1869-1924) Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Frederick Irving Anderson (1877-1947) Blind Man's Buff
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) The Diamond Spy
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) The Willow Walk
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) Four Square Jane
