Title: The Biter Bit
Title Record # 573565
Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1858-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Wilkie Collins
Date: 1858-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: "Originally published as "Who is the Thief?", with the subtitle "Extracted from the Correspondence of the London Police)", in the Atlantic Journey (1858-04-00, reprinted as "Brother Griffiths' Story of the Biter Bit" in Household Words 394 (1857-10-10), a The Queen of Hearts. — quoted from p 382 of Norman Page's collection of Wilkie Collins short fiction Mad Monkton and Other Stories.
According to the Wilkie Collins Information Pages, "It is an early example of a humorous detective story, featuring a comically inept detective and other features of the genre." There are no supernatural elements in this story, not even in passing.
Synopsis: "Mathew Sharpin is seconded from his position as a lawyer's clerk to the Detective Police. He bungles an investigation into Mr Yatman's stolen banknotes while mistakenly pursuing an eloping couple. To the gratification of his superiors who have been promoted on merit, they are easily able to deduce from his rambling reports that the true culprit is the extravagant Mrs Yatman."—Wilkie Collins Information Pages
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Queen of Hearts | 1859-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Harper & Brothers | 427 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| The Queen of Hearts | 1859-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Hurst and Blackett |
iii+ 314+ 359+ 307 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |  |
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| Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories | 1920-00-00 | ed. Joseph Lewis French | Doubleday, Page & Company |
ix+ 273 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | 1934-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Daily Express Publications | 1087 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Century of Thrillers | 1937-00-00 | ed. uncredited | President Press |
viii+ 367, vi+ 373, vi+ 370 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| Great Tales of Mystery | 1960-00-00 | ed. R. C. Bull | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
272 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Great Tales of Terror | 1963-00-00 | ed. R. C. Bull | Panther | 1489 | 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
224 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $3.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |
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| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | 1972-06-00 | Wilkie Collins | Peter Smith Publisher | 0-8446-4725-X | $11.00?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins | 1990-11-00 | Wilkie Collins | Robert Hale | 0-7090-4224-8 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
303 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Helen Hale | |
| Mad Monkton and Other Stories | 1994-00-00 | Wilkie Collins | Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-282260-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
xxxviii+ 383 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Caspar David Friedrich | |
| The Queen of Hearts | 2009-01-03 | Wilkie Collins | Project Gutenberg | 1917 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-821-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
584 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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| The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Wilkie Collins: Volume 1 | 2009-07-00 | Wilkie Collins | Leonaur Ltd | 978-1-84677-822-3 | £22.99?£: UK pound |
584 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Crime & Mystery Short Stories | 2016-07-15 | ed. Laura Bulbeck | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78361-988-7 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
480 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Crime & Mystery Short Stories | 2016-11-12 | ed. Laura Bulbeck | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | $18.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | ||||
| Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | date unknown | Wilkie Collins | Dover Publications | 0-486-20307-7 | $6.50?$: US dollar |
ix+ 294 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Fred Walker | |