The Big Bow Mystery

The Big Bow Mystery

Israel Zangwill

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Literatura: historia y crítica
ISBN:
9789354941009
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A spark of truth burns through the fog of Victorian London. A clever mind, a locked-room puzzle, and a city where every alley tells a story.The Big Bow Mystery delivers a brisk, original detective fiction that threads a meticulous murder investigation through gaslit streets and crowded urban life. With clean craft, the tale balances artful clueing and human drama, inviting casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike to follow the trail from the first rumour to the final confession. It is at once a gripping whodunit and a meditation on urban crime, class, and the pressure of secrecy in late nineteenth-century Britain.Its significance lives in the texture of its era-an early puzzle-driven mystery that influenced later crime-writing and offered a vivid snapshot of London’s social fabric. For today’s readers and tomorrow’s scholars, The Big Bow Mystery stands as a touchstone of Victorian crime classics, a public-domain legend reborn for contemporary sensibilities, and a reminder of how crime writing began to mature as literature.Selling points: Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. This is more than nostalgia; it is a carefully reawakened piece of literary history, designed for lovers of mystery and stakes-high storytelling.

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