Loot Of Cities

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Single Author Collections, Detective Fiction

Authors: Arnold Bennett In Year : 1917

Book Language: English

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The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 1 The Fire Of London
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 2 A Comedy On The Gold Coast
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 3 A Bracelet At Bruges
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 4 A Solution Of The Algiers Mystery
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 5 In The Capital Of The Sahara
The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 6 ‘Lo! ‘Twas A Gala Night!’
Mr. Penfound’s Two Burglars. The Story Of His Walk With Them
Midnight At The Grand Babylon
The Police Station
The Adventure Of The Prima Donna
The Episode In Room 222
Saturday To Monday
A Dinner At The Louvre

Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century. ‘In Queen's Quorum (1951), a survey of crime fiction, Ellery Queen listed Bennett's The Loot of Cities among the 100 most important works in the genre. This collection of stories recounts the adventures of a millionaire who commits crimes to achieve his idealistic ends. Although it was "one of his least known works," it was nevertheless "of unusual interest, both as an example of Arnold Bennett's early work and as an early example of dilettante detectivism".’ - Summary by David Wales