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Charles Dickens's Hunted Down: The Detective Stories detective story: see mystery.
detective story

Type of popular literature dealing with the step-by-step investigation and solution of a crime, usually murder.
 Of Charles Dickens (0720612659, $22.95) gathers stories which demonstrates the detective-writing prowess PROWESS Infectious disease A clinical trial–Recombinant Human Activated Protein C [Zovant] Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis  of a classic author best known for his social issues fiction. His influence on crime fiction fostered the development of a genre, while his characters and plots were based on his observations of the fledgling police detective force when he was a reporter and accompanied them on their nightly night·ly  
adj.
1. Of or occurring during the night; nocturnal: the cat's nightly prowl.

2. Happening or done every night: the physician's nightly rounds.
 patrols. Any fan of detective fiction Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction.  will find this an essential key to the early methods and choices of the genre. Jim O'Donnell's Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon (1843510731, $33.95) first appeared in 1990 to much acclaim: here it's been reworked and extensively revised and extended to provide essays on law, politics, science, history and language. Any interested in words and culture will learn about literary usage, word origins, cultural connections, and changing historical context in a fascinating survey. Both of these excellent titles are informed, informative, and highly recommended reading.
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Title Annotation:Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens; Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon
Publication:Internet Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Sep 1, 2006
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