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The World of Mystery Fiction

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  • 1978 first published
  • 441 pages
  • 5 editions
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The World of Mystery Fiction is a 1978 gothic fiction and horror novel by Elliot L. Gilbert, Elliott Gilbert and Charles Dickens. The story is set in Paris and Bohemia. Characters include C. Auguste Dupin, Minister D— and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. It deals with crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

8 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 441 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

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Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder
  • Mystery and detective stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The World of Mystery Fiction?

The World of Mystery Fiction was written by Elliot L. Gilbert, Elliott Gilbert and Charles Dickens and first published in 1978.

What genre is The World of Mystery Fiction?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The World of Mystery Fiction?

The median edition has 441 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The World of Mystery Fiction?

Readers who like it often enjoy Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems], Best of Poe [13 stories, 20 poems] and Edgar Allan Poe the Dover Reader [17 stories, 41 poems, 3 essays].

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