Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens

(Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

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Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction. While the larger-than-life characters in his novels have settled themselves in the public imagination, his detectives have had a profound effect on the development of crime fiction, and Dickens is now seen as the first major publicist for the police detective. In Hunted Down, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Dicken's detective stories. Added to these are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark, including Mr Nadgett from Martin Chuzzlewit , the first serious detective in an English novel, and Inspector Bucket from Bleak House.

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"Thiscollection reaffirms that the influence of Charles Dickens on the development and achievements ofdetective fiction is unchallengeable." P. D. James, "The Times""
"This collection reaffirms that the influence of Charles Dickens on the development and achievements of detective fiction is unchallengeable." --P. D. James, "The Times"

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Peter Haining was a celebrated anthologist and author whose anthologies include "The Golden Age of Crime Fiction" and"The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories.""