In the shadow of Agatha Christie

classic crime fiction by forgotten female writers 1850-1917

In the shadow of Agatha Christie

classic crime fiction by forgotten female writers 1850-1917
edited by Leslie S Klinger
Book - 2018

Before Agatha Christie became the world's Queen of Crime, she stood on the talented shoulders of the female crime authors who came before her. This splendid new anthology by Leslie S. Klinger brings these exceptional writers out of Christie's shadow and back into the spotlight they deserve. The truth is that it was due to the success of writers like Anna Katherine Green in America; L. T. Meade, C. L. Pirkis, the Baroness Orczy, and Elizabeth Corbett in England; and Mary Fortune in Australia that the doors were finally opened for women crime-writers. Authors who followed them, would not have thrived without the bold, fearless work of their predecessors--and the genre would be much poorer for their absence. So while Agatha Christie may still reign supreme, it is important to remember that she did not ascend that throne except on the shoulders of the women who came before her--and inspired her--and who are now removed from her shadow once and for all by this superb new anthology by Leslie S. Klinger.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Klinger, Leslie S. (Editor )
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Pegasus Crime, 2018.
Edición:First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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505 0 0 |t The advocate's wedding day /  |r Catherine Crowe --  |t The squire's story /  |r Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell --  |t Traces of crime /  |r Mary Fortune --  |t Mr. Furbush /  |r Harriet Prescott Spofford --  |t Mrs. Todhetley's earrings /  |r Ellen Wood --  |t Catching a burglar /  |r Elizabeth Corbett --  |t The ghost of Fountain Lane /C.L. Pirkis --  |t The statement of Jared Johnson /  |r Geraldine Bonner --  |t Point in Morals /  |r Ellen Glasgow --  |t The blood-red cross /  |r L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace --  |t The Regent's Park murder /  |r Baroness Orczy --  |t The case of the registered letter /  |r Augusta Groner --  |t The winning sequence /  |r M.E. Braddon --  |t Missing: page thirteen /  |r Anna Katharine Green --  |t The adventure of the clothes-line /  |r Carolyn Wells --  |t Jury of her peers /  |r Susan Glaspell. 
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