The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime

An exclusive collection, the first ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era collected here for the first time. All the legendary thieves are present: Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl, all burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, and laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson.

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