Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Hunted Down, The Detective Stories by Charles Dickens.In this classic anthology, you've put together a fascinating selection of Charles Dickens' detective stories. Excerpts from novels in which men of the law leave their mark are added to the stories. These law enforcement officers and the circumstances in which they work were based on Dickens' observations of the fledgling police detective force when he was an attorney employee and reporter. He accompanied detectives on their night patrols of the streets of London, witnessed the daily operation of police stations, attended magistrates' courts and was present at trials for murder and public executions. From these eyewitness experiences grew Mr. Nadgett in Martin Chuzzlewit - the first serious detective in an English novel - and Inspector Bucket in Bleak House. who solves the murder of an unscrupulous lawyer. The diverse cast of inspectors, sergeants, and officers also includes an amateur detective, a river cop, and the prototype for all undercover cops. Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is considered by many to be the best novelist of the Victorian era.
