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Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens · 1860
Retired life-assurance manager Mr. Sampson recounts how a polished new client, Julius Slinkton, gradually unsettles his office and social circle. As Sampson observes Slinkton's dealings with Miss Niner and Alfred Beckwith, details of an earlier life begin to form a troubling pattern.
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This edition
- Title
- Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens
- Author
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
- First published
- 1860
- Illustrated plates
- 49 original artworks · 24 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 5 · about 8,758 words
- Reading time
- 35 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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