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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of R. Austin Freeman: Thriller Classics, Adventure Novels & Detective Stories (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He introduced the inverted detective story; a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective''s attempt to solve the mystery. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine and toxicology.Table of Contents:Introduction:Short BiographyThe Art of the Detective StoryDr. Thorndyke Series:Meet Dr. ThorndykeNovelsThe Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of OsirisThe Mystery of 31 New InnA Silent WitnessHelen Vardon''s ConfessionThe Cat''s EyeThe Mystery of Angelina FroodThe Shadow of the WolfThe D''Arblay MysteryA Certain Dr. ThorndykeAs a Thief in the NightMr. Pottermack''s OversightPontifex, Son and ThorndykeWhen Rogues Fall OutDr. Thorndyke IntervenesFor the Defence: Dr. ThorndykeThe Penrose MysteryFelo De Se?The Stoneware MonkeyMr. Polton ExplainsThe Jacob Street MysteryShort Story CollectionsPercival Bland''s ProxyThe Missing MortgageeDr. Thorndyke''s CasesThe Adventures of Dr. ThorndykeDr. Thorndyke''s CasebookThe Puzzle LockThe Magic CasketOther Novels:The Golden PoolThe Unwilling AdventurerThe Uttermost FarthingThe Exploits of Danby CrokerThe Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury CobbFlighty PhyllisOther Short Stories:By the Black DeepThe Adventures of Romney PringleThe Further Adventures of Romney PringleFrom a Surgeon''s DiaryThe Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories

This carefully crafted ebook: "R. AUSTIN FREEMAN - Ultimate Mystery Collection: 9 Novels & 39 Short Stories, including Dr. Thorndyke Series, Romney Pringle Adventures & Other Thriller Classics (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine, metallurgy and toxicology.Table of Contents:Introduction:Short BiographyDr. Thorndyke Series:NovelsThe Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of OsirisThe Mystery of 31 New InnA Silent WitnessHelen Vardon''s ConfessionShort StoriesPercival Bland''s ProxyThe Missing MortgageeThe Man with the Nailed ShoesThe Stranger''s LatchkeyThe Anthropologist at LargeThe Blue SequinThe Moabite CipherThe Mandarin''s PearlThe Aluminium DaggerA Message from the Deep SeaThe Case of Oscar BrodskiA Case of PremeditationThe Echo of a MutinyA Wastrel''s RomanceThe Old LagOther Novels:The Golden PoolThe Unwilling AdventurerThe Uttermost FarthingThe Exploits of Danby CrokerOther Short Stories:By the Black DeepThe Adventures of Romney PringleThe Assyrian RejuvenatorThe Foreign Office DespatchThe Chicago HeiressThe Lizard''s ScaleThe Paste DiamondsThe Kailyard NovelThe Further Adventures of Romney PringleThe Submarine BoatThe Kimblerley FugitiveThe Silkworms of FlorenceThe Box of SpecieThe Silver IngotsThe House of DetentionFrom a Surgeon''s DiaryThe Adventure at Heath CrestHow I Acted for and Invalid DoctorHow I Attended a Nervous PatientHow I Met a Very Ignorant PractitionerHow I Cured a Hopeless ParalyticHow I Helped to Lay a GhostThe Great Portrait Mystery and Other StoriesThe Great Portrait MysteryThe Bronze ParrotPowder Blue and HawthornThe Attorney''s Conscience...

This carefully crafted ebook: "R. AUSTIN FREEMAN Ultimate Collection: 27 Novels & 60+ Short Stories, including Dr. Thorndyke Series, Romney Pringle Adventures and Many More British Mysteries (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He introduced the inverted detective story; a crime fiction in which the commission of the crime is described at the beginning, usually including the identity of the perpetrator, with the story then describing the detective''s attempt to solve the mystery. Many of the Dr. Thorndyke stories involve genuine, but often quite arcane, points of scientific knowledge, from areas such as tropical medicine and toxicology.Table of Contents:Introduction:Short BiographyThe Art of the Detective StoryDr. Thorndyke Series:Meet Dr. ThorndykeNovelsThe Red Thumb MarkThe Eye of OsirisThe Mystery of 31 New InnA Silent WitnessHelen Vardon''s ConfessionThe Cat''s EyeThe Mystery of Angelina FroodThe Shadow of the WolfThe D''Arblay MysteryA Certain Dr. ThorndykeAs a Thief in the NightMr. Pottermack''s OversightPontifex, Son and ThorndykeWhen Rogues Fall OutDr. Thorndyke IntervenesFor the Defence: Dr. ThorndykeThe Penrose MysteryFelo De Se?The Stoneware MonkeyMr. Polton ExplainsThe Jacob Street MysteryShort Story CollectionsPercival Bland''s ProxyThe Missing MortgageeDr. Thorndyke''s CasesThe Adventures of Dr. ThorndykeDr. Thorndyke''s CasebookThe Puzzle LockThe Magic CasketOther Novels:The Golden PoolThe Unwilling AdventurerThe Uttermost FarthingThe Exploits of Danby CrokerThe Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury CobbFlighty PhyllisOther Short Stories:By the Black DeepThe Adventures of Romney PringleThe Further Adventures of Romney PringleFrom a Surgeon''s DiaryThe Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories

This Edgar Allan Poe collection comprises his complete works: detective tales, horror stories, mysteries, novels, poetry, essays and much more. The edition also includes the extensive account of the writer''s life and literary studies of his works.NovelsThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of NantucketThe Journal of Julius RodmanShort StoriesThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Purloined LetterThe Gold-BugThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeThe Man of the CrowdThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumLigeiaThe Oval PortraitA Tale of the Ragged MountainsEleonoraA DreamMetzengersteinThe AssignationBereniceMorellaWilliam WilsonThe Imp of the PerverseHop-FrogThe Light-HouseMs. Found in a BottleA Descent into the MaelstromThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationSome Words with a MummyMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxThe Island of the FayThe Landscape GardenMorning on the WissahicconThe Domain of ArnheimLandor''s CottageThe Duc de l''OmeletteA Tale of JerusalemLoss of BreathBon-BonLionizingKing PestFour Beasts in One – The Homo-CameleopardHow to Write a Blackwood ArticleA PredicamentThe Devil in the BelfryThe Man That Was Used UpThe Business ManWhy the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a SlingNever Bet the Devil Your HeadThree Sundays in a WeekDiddlingThe Angel of the OddThe Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.Mellonta TautaVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryX-ing a ParagrabThe Power of WordsThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaShadowSilence…The Complete Poetical WorksPlaysEssays & MiscellaneaThe Life and Letters of Edgar Allan PoeMemorandum (Autobiographical Essay)The Dreamer – Life and Work of Edgar Allan Poe

This carefully edited collection of complete works of Edgar Allan Poe is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:NovelsThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of NantucketThe Journal of Julius RodmanShort StoriesThe Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Purloined LetterThe Gold-BugThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeThe Man of the CrowdThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumLigeiaThe Oval PortraitA Tale of the Ragged MountainsEleonoraA DreamMetzengersteinThe AssignationBereniceMorellaWilliam WilsonThe Imp of the PerverseHop-FrogThe Light-HouseMs. Found in a BottleA Descent into the MaelstromThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationSome Words with a MummyMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxThe Island of the FayThe Landscape GardenMorning on the WissahicconThe Domain of ArnheimLandor''s CottageThe Duc de l''OmeletteA Tale of JerusalemLoss of BreathBon-BonLionizingKing PestFour Beasts in One – The Homo-CameleopardHow to Write a Blackwood ArticleA PredicamentThe Devil in the BelfryThe Man That Was Used UpThe Business ManWhy the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a SlingNever Bet the Devil Your HeadThree Sundays in a WeekDiddlingThe Angel of the OddThe Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.Mellonta TautaVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryX-ing a ParagrabThe Power of WordsThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaShadowSilence…The Complete Poetical WorksPlaysEssays & MiscellaneaThe Life and Letters of Edgar Allan PoeMemorandum (Autobiographical Essay)The Dreamer – Life and Work of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories.

This collection contains the complete short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, including detective mysteries, gothic and horror stories, and other tales of fantasy, illusion and science-fiction:The Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Purloined LetterThe Gold-BugThou Art the ManThe Man of the CrowdThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumLigeiaThe Oval PortraitA Tale of the Ragged MountainsEleonoraA DreamMetzengersteinThe AssignationBereniceMorellaThe Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans PfaallWilliam WilsonThe Imp of the PerverseHop-FrogThe Light-HouseMs. Found in a BottleA Descent into the MaelstromThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeSome Words with a MummyMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxThe Island of the FayThe Landscape GardenMorning on the WissahicconThe Domain of ArnheimLandor''s CottageThe Duc de l''OmeletteA Tale of JerusalemLoss of BreathBon-BonLionizingKing PestFour Beasts in One – The Homo-CameleopardHow to Write a Blackwood ArticleA PredicamentThe Devil in the BelfryThe Man That Was Used UpThe Business ManWhy the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a SlingNever Bet the Devil Your HeadThree Sundays in a WeekDiddlingThe Angel of the OddThe Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.Mellonta TautaVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryX-ing a ParagrabThe Power of WordsThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaShadowSilenceBiography:The Dreamer by Mary Newton StanardEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer and literary critic. He is considered a father of the detective story and he is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:The RavenPoems of Later LifeThe BellsUlalumeTo HelenAnnabel LeeA ValentineAn EnigmaTo My MotherFor AnnieTo F—To Frances S. OsgoodEldoradoEulalieA Dream Within a DreamTo Marie Louise (Shew)To Marie LouiseThe City in the SeaThe SleeperBridal BalladPoems of ManhoodLenoreTo One in ParadiseThe ColiseumThe Haunted PalaceThe Conqueror WormSilenceDreamlandTo ZanteHymnScenes from PolitianPoems of YouthTo ScienceAl AaraafTamerlaneTo HelenThe Valley of UnrestIsrafelTo — ("I heed not that my earthly lot")To — ("The Bowers whereat, in dreams, I see")To the RiverSongSpirits of the DeadA DreamRomanceFairylandThe LakeEvening StarImitationThe Happiest DayHymnDreamsIn Youth I have known oneA PæanDoubtful PoemsAloneTo IsadoreThe Village StreetThe Forest ReverieOther PoemsAn AcrosticBeloved PhysicianThe Doomed CityDeep in EarthThe Divine Right of KingsElizabethEnigmaEpigram for Wall StreetEvangelineFannyImpromptu – To Kate CarolLines on AleO, Tempora! O, Mores!PoetrySerenadeSpiritual SongStanzasStanzas – to F. S. OsgoodTamerlane (early version)To —To Isaac LeaTo MargaretTo Miss Louise Olivia HunterTo OctaviaThe Valley NisVisit of the DeadProse PoemsThe Island of the FayThe Power of WordsThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionShadow—a ParableSilence—a FableEssaysThe Philosophy of CompositionThe Rationale of VerseThe Poetic PrincipleOld English PoetryBiographyThe Dreamer by Mary Newton StanardEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole.

Arthur Gordon Pym and Augustus Barnard from the island of Nantucket are best friends, determined to become sailors, and ready for an adventure of their lifetime. Augustus smuggles Pym and Tiger, Pym''s faithful dog, on a whaling vessel commanded by Augustus''s father that is bound for the southern seas, and their great adventure starts. They will soon have to deal with mutiny, shipwreck, and many other various adventures and misadventures on the way to their final goal – the South Pole.Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.

This is edition presents to you Edgar Allan Poe''s greatest gothic & horror stories. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.MetzengersteinThe AssignationBereniceMorellaKing PestShadowSilenceLigeiaThe Fall of the House of UsherWilliam WilsonThe Man of the CrowdThe Oval PortraitThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Black CatThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe Imp of the PerverseThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Cask of AmontilladoHop-FrogBiography:The Dreamer by Mary Newton StanardEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.

Poe is generally considered the father of the detective fiction genre. His detective tales featuring C. Auguste Dupin laid the groundwork for future detectives in literature. This collection includes Poe''s mysteries, detective stories and crime tales.Table of Contents:The Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogetThe Purloined LetterThe Gold BugThou Art the ManThe Man of the CrowdAsignationThe Tell-Tale HeartA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Oblong BoxThe Black CatThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Premature BurialThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Devil in the BelfryThe Cask of AmontilladoWilliam WilsonEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead.Table of Contents:Ms. Found in a BottleThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarA Descent into the MaelstromThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeSome Words with a MummyA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Power of WordsMellonta TautaMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.

Madge and Ella are two young ladies who have taken up residence at Clover Cottage, the former home of Tom Ossington, a house that has long stood empty with a bad reputation for being haunted. Not believing in such things, Madge and Ella rented it and lived there for about six weeks, when a strange woman showed up claiming that the house belongs to her, and that her husband, the landlord, is a ghost.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Crime and Criminal" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.When Mr. Thomas Tennant got on a train from Brighton to Victoria he was unpleasantly surprised to see Nelly, a woman that tricked him thousand and one time, and whom he thought she was dead for seven years. They struggle in a carriage and the woman falls through the door and out of the train. Still confused with what happened, at the next station Tennant meets a certain detective who is looking for a missing woman named Louise O''Donnel. Tennant chooses not to share the story of his incident, believing Nelly is now really dead. But is she?

Eager to make a great fortune and marry the love of his life, Cyril Paxton invests all of his money in the stock market and loses it all in a final disastrous speculation. A ruined man, Cyril decides to emigrate, but on the train to Southampton, due to a luggage mix-up, he switches bags with certain Mr. Lawrence, and gets in possession of the stolen Duchess of Datchet''s diamonds. He is exhilarated by the change of luck, but he''ll soon find himself pursued by both the robbers and the police.

This carefully crafted ebook: "A Hero of Romance" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Excerpt:"It was about as miserable an afternoon as one could wish to see. May is the poet''s month, but there was nothing of poetry about it then. True, it was early in the month, but February never boasted weather of more unmitigated misery. At half-past two it was so dark in the schoolroom of Mecklemburg House that one could with difficulty see to read. Outside a cold drizzling rain was falling, a shrieking east wind was rattling the windows in their frames, and a sullen haze was hiding the leaden sky. As unsatisfactory a specimen of the English spring as one could very well desire."