ARTHUR MORRISON Ultimate Collection: 80+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Supernatural Tales (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Illustrated Edition: Adventures of Martin Hewitt, The Red Triangle, A Child of the Jago...By Arthur Morrison
Length89h 47m
About this audiobook
ARTHUR MORRISON Ultimate Collection: 80+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Supernatural Tales gathers the range of a writer central to late-Victorian and Edwardian popular fiction. Its detective narratives—especially the Martin Hewitt cases—favor methodical observation, professional steadiness, and social realism over flamboyant genius, offering a revealing counterpoint to Sherlock Holmes. Alongside mysteries and supernatural pieces, the collection displays Morrison's terse prose, journalistic precision, and fascination with urban modernity, crime, class, and the uncanny. Arthur Morrison (1863–1945) was a London-born journalist, novelist, and art connoisseur whose intimate knowledge of the metropolis shaped his fiction. His experience reporting on working-class districts informed both his celebrated realist novel A Child of the Jago and his crime stories, where streets, offices, lodging houses, and marginal lives become instruments of plot. Writing for magazines such as The Strand, Morrison understood the demands of suspenseful serial entertainment while retaining a documentary eye. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in the evolution of detective fiction, Victorian urban literature, and early supernatural storytelling. It offers not merely entertaining puzzles, but a substantial portrait of a society negotiating modernity, anonymity, and moral uncertainty.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length89 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 5, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ARTHUR MORRISON Ultimate Collection: 80+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Supernatural Tales (Annotated)
26The Case of the "Flitterbat Lancers"
2Introduction
27The Case of the Late Mr. Rewse
3Historical Context
28The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle
4Synopsis (Selection)
29THE RED TRIANGLE
5ARTHUR MORRISON Ultimate Collection: 80+ Mysteries, Detective Stories & Supernatural Tales in One Volume (Illustrated)
30The Affair of Samuel's Diamonds
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6Martin Hewitt Series:
31The Case of Mr. Jacob Mason
7MARTIN HEWITT, INVESTIGATOR
32The Case of the Lever Key
8The Lenton Croft Robberies
33The Case of the Burnt Barn
9The Loss of Sammy Crockett
34The Case of the Admiralty Code
10The Case of Mr. Foggatt
35The Adventure of Channel Marsh
11The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
36Novels:
12The Quinton Jewel Affair
37A CHILD OF THE JAGO
13The Stanway Cameo Mystery
38PREFACE
14The Affair of the Tortoise
39CHAPTER I
15CHRONICLES OF MARTIN HEWITT
40CHAPTER II
16The Ivy Cottage Mystery
41CHAPTER III
17The Nicobar Bullion Case
42CHAPTER IV
18The Holford Will Case
43CHAPTER V
19The Case of the Missing Hand
44CHAPTER VI
20The Case of Laker, Absconded
45CHAPTER VII
21The Case of the Lost Foreigner
46CHAPTER VIII
22ADVENTURES OF MARTIN HEWITT
47CHAPTER IX
23The Affair of Mrs. Seton's Child
48CHAPTER X
24The Case of Mr. Geldard's Elopement
49CHAPTER XI
25The Case of the Dead Skipper
50CHAPTER XII
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