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Description edit
Capek wrote 48 stories that deconstruct the mystery story by breaking one rule here, three rules there, and yet also make for wonderful reading. His unique approaches to the mysteries of justice and truth are full of the ordinary and the extraordinary, humor and humanism.
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Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Tales from One Pocket:
"Dr. Mejzlik's Case"
"The Blue Chrysanthemum"
"The Fortuneteller"
"The Clairvoyant"
"The Mystery of Handwriting"
"Proof Positive"
"The Experiment of Professor Rouss"
"The Missing Letter"
"Stolen Document 139/VII Sect. C"
"The Man Who Looked Just a Bit Suspicious"
"The Poet"
"Mr. Janik's Cases"
"The Fall of the House of Voticky"
"The Record"
"The Selvin Case"
"Footprints"
"The Receipt"
"Oplatka's End"
"The Last Judgment"
"The Crime on the Farm"
"The Disappearance of an Actor"
"An Attempt at Murder"
"Released on Parole"
"The Crime at the Post Office"
Tales from the Other Pocket:
"The Stolen Cactus"
"The Old Jailbird's Tale"
"The Disappearance of Mr. Hirsch"
"Chintamani and the Birds"
"A Safecracker and an Arsonist"
"The Stolen Murder"
"The Case Involving the Baby"
"The Little Countess"
"The Orchestra Conductor's Story"
"The Death of Baron Gandara"
"The Breach-of-Promise Man"
"The Ballad of Juraj Cup"
"The Tale of the Missing Leg"
"Vertigo"
"The Confession"
"A Lyrical Thief"
"Mr. Havlena's Verdict"
"The Needle"
"The Telegram"
"The Man Who Couldn't Sleep"
"The Stamp Collection"
"An Ordinary Murder"
"The Juror"
"The Last Things of Man"
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karel Čapek (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 891.8635
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Slavic
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
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