Hunted Down 跟蹤追擊（英文版）
"Averylittlekeywillopenaveryheavydoor."HuntedDown,CharlesDickens.Catchydetectivetales.AfascinatingselectionofDickens'detectivestoriesaboutthelawofficersandthecircumstancesinwhichtheywork.In"HuntedDown,"masterstorytellerCharlesDickensmakesanuncharacteristicforayintoquasi-detectivefiction,andcreatinganidiosyncraticprotagonistwhosestrangeinterestsandpreoccupationsmakehimanaturalwhenitcomestotrackingdowncriminals.Thiscollectioncontainstwelvestories,somefeaturingwell-knowncharacterssuchasInspectorBucketandhiswife,fromBleakHouseandMr.Nadgett,fromMartinChuzzlewit.Dickens'sworkasalawclerkandreporterandhisattendanceattrials,executions,andnightlyroundswiththepoliceprovidedmaterialforthesemysteries.CharlesDickenswasoneofthegreatpioneersofdetectivefiction.Whilethelarger-than-lifecharactersinhisnovelshavesettledthemselvesinthepublicimagination,hisdetectiveshavehadaprofoundeffectonthedevelopmentofcrimefiction,andDickensisnowseenasthefirstmajorpublicistforthepolicedetective.
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