{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-fiction-the-murder-mystery-audiobook","title":"The Foundations of Fiction - The Murder Mystery (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Foundations of Fiction - The Murder Mystery (Audiobook)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Christopher Ragland, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker(Unabridged: 13:12mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Edwards, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Charles Dickens, D K Broster, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Stewart Drewery, Frank R Stockton, Fredric Brown, H G Wells, Hugh Walpole, J M Barrie, Jack London, Móritz Jókai, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Saki, Susan Glaspell, T F Powys, W F Harvey \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time?  Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccess undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Whodunit is one of the great themes of literary fiction.  We all believe that given the right clue at the right time we can deduce and logically unmask the killer.  Unfortunately, our authors are not the most helpful of co-workers in this regard.  With their more than liberal use of plot twists, red herrings and McGuffins they merrily ensure that the only one who really knows is them and them alone until it is time to reveal who really did the deed, and how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01 - Foundations of Fiction - Murder Mystery - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 - The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 - Better Dead by J M Barrie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 - The Cone by H G Wells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 - The Hounds of Fate by Saki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad by Baroness Emmuska Orczy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 - The Corpse Light by J E Preston Muddock writing as Dick Donovan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 - A Thing That Glistened by Frank R Stockton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 - Nightmare in Yellow by Fredric Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 - A Twin Identity by Edith Stewart Drewery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 - In A Grove by Ryunosuke Akutagawa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 - The Snow by Hugh Walpole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 - August Heat by W F Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 - Allelulia by T F Powys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 - Juggernaut by D K Broster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 - The Bundle of Letters by Móritz Jókai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435552211022,"sku":"AB-24855","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836824855.jpg?v=1771428202","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-foundations-of-fiction-the-murder-mystery-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}