Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne, editor

The Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories is a six-volume edition, which contains one hundred and one tales written by authors as diverse and separated by history as Pliny the Younger (first century AD), Voltaire (17th century) and Guy de Maupassant (19th century) and also from different parts of the world. This volume which is the first, contains twenty interesting stories, and an introduction by the editor. The fascinating aspect of mystery stories is that sometimes the author allows the puzzle to solve itself without expert detective aid, while in other cases, a sleuth bends his or her deductive powers to the mystery. In rare cases, the author leaves the tale unexplained and allows the readers to draw their own conclusions. The stories contained in this volume include Francis Marion Crawford’s strange yarn, By the Waters of Paradise, which recounts how a young man’s tragic past takes a turn for the better when he meets a lovely young stranger. The New Engla...

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Saturday Dec 23, 2023

Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne, editor

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10 – The Gold Bug, part 1, by Edgar Allan Poe

11 – The Gold Bug, part 2, by Edgar Allan Poe

12 – Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams, part 1, by Washington Irving

13 – Wolfert Webber, or Golden Dreams, part 2, by Washington Irving

14 – Adventure of the Black Fisherman, part 1, by Washington Irving

15 – Adventure of the Black Fisherman, part 2, by Washington Irving

16 – Wieland’s Madness, part 1, by Charles Brockden Brown

17 – Wieland’s Madness, part 2, by Charles Brockden Brown

18 – Wieland’s Madness, part 3, by Charles Brockden Brown

19 – Wieland’s Madness, part 4, by Charles Brockden Brown