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Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens (Record no. 2532)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780720610000
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.8
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dickens, Charles
9 (RLIN) 366507
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 4th Revised edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Peter Owen Publishers;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 300 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction. While the larger-than-life characters in his novels have settled themselves in the public imagination, his detectives have had a profound effect on the development of crime fiction, and Dickens is now seen as the first major publicist for the police detective. In Hunted Down, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Dicken's detective stories. Added to these are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark. These law officers, and the circumstances in which they work, were based on Dickens's observations of the fledgeling police detective force when he was a solicitor's clerk and reporter. He accompanied detectives on their nightly patrols of the streets of London, he witnessed the day-to-day running of police stations, he attended magistrates' courts and was present at murder trials and public executions. Out of these eye-witness experiences grew Mr Nadgett in Martin Chuzzlewit, the first detective in an English novel to play a major role, and Inspector Bucket in Bleak House, who solves the murder of an unscrupulous lawyer. The assorted cast of inspectors, sergeants and constables include also an amateur detective, a river policeman and the prototype of all undercover policemen.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Short stories
9 (RLIN) 366508
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Classic crime
9 (RLIN) 366509
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Haining, Peter
9 (RLIN) 366510
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Public note Date last checked out
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Karachi Karachi Crime 02/08/2016 1 823.8 PKLC001948 08/09/2016 02/08/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Book Bazaar 08/09/2016
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Crime 12/04/2016   823.8 PKLC001729 12/04/2016 12/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 For Sale