Classic Crime Stories ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman (Richards Rosen, 1975, 0-8239-0310-9, $7.97, 237pp, hc, an)
The Criminal in Literature.
- · Introduction · Dr. Arthur Liebman · in
- 3 · The Pardoner’s Tale · Geoffrey Chaucer · ss The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer, William Caxton, 1478
- 13 · The Imp of the Perverse · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine July 1845
- 21 · Hunted Down · Charles Dickens · nv The New York Ledger August 20 1859 (+2)
- 45 · An Honest Thief · Feodor Mikhalovitch Dostoyevsky · ss (r)
- 63 · God Sees the Truth, But Waits · Leo N. Tolstoy · ss 1917
- 72 · Sleepyhead · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Macmillan, 1922, as “Sleepy”
translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888).
- 80 · Revenge · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Moiron”, Gil Blas, September 27, 1887).
- 88 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 105 · The Lost Special · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine August 1898, as “The Story of the Lost Special”
- 123 · My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888
- 132 · The Stolen Bacillus · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget June 21 1894
- 140 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1903, as “A Retrieved Reform”
- 149 · The Lynching of Jube Benson · Paul Lawrence Dunbar · ss The Heart of Happy Hollow by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dodd, Mead, 1904
- 158 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920
- 180 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929
- 200 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 211 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939
- 218 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946
- 237 · Outstanding Stories of Crime · [uncredited] · bi
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