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Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror

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  • 1982 first published
  • 639 pages
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Editors of Readers Digest, Arthur Conan Doyle and C. S. Forester's Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) is a horror and circus fiction novel. It takes readers to London and Baker Street in 1890. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Key subjects include crime, revenge, cadillacs and banks.

32 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 639 pages, most readers finish it in 11–12 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

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Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Horror stories
  • Revenge
  • Horror tales
  • Cadillacs
  • Banks
  • Detective fiction
  • Encyclopædia Britannica
  • Pawnbrokers
  • Police inspectors
  • Red hair
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • American Detective and mystery stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror?

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror was written by Editors of Readers Digest, Arthur Conan Doyle and C. S. Forester and first published in 1982.

What genre is Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror?

The median edition has 639 pages, about 11–12 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror?

Readers who like it often enjoy 21 Great Stories, Horror Stories and Tales by Edgar Allan Poe (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Gold-Bug / Tell-Tale Heart).

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