Why Sherlock Holmes is Just as Original as C. Auguste Dupin After reading two famous amateur detective stories by Edgar Allan Poe and two by Arthur Conan Doyle‚ I found myself questioning the originality of Doyle’s stories as compared to Poe’s stories. The stories in question are "The Purloined Letter" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Poe and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Doyle. All four of these stories had very exciting story lines and had very interesting
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A Murder Is Announced A Murder Is Announced is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1950 and in the US by Dodd‚ Mead and Company in the same month. The UK edition retailed at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6) and the US edition at $2.50.] The novel features her detective Miss Marple and is considered a crime novel classic. The book was heavily promoted upon publication in 1950 as being Christie’s fiftieth book‚ although
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Pulp fiction‚ according to the Vintage Library (Media)‚ provides a ground for creative talent. The freedom provided in the pulp fiction created hardboiled detectives and science fiction genres. Pulp fiction is given credit for the evolution of literature‚ and fictional heroes found in today’s films. In the early nineteen-hundreds the American public was awash with creative writing publications known as pulp fiction. The name was coined from the cheap material that was used in the publications.
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Set in the 1920s in Melbourne‚ Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries TV series is an Australian detective drama centred on the story of Miss Phryne Fisher‚ an heiress who fights crimes by hobby. Helped by her paid companion‚ Dorothy (mainly know as Dot)‚ and some long-suffering members of the Melbourne police force‚ Phryne drives herself around the city‚ chasing criminals with a pearl-handled pistol. Miss Phryne is always impeccably dressed and her outfits reflect her energy and independence simultaneously
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under a term “phraseological unit” we we understand the special group of firm expressions‚ that are characterized by the idiomatic value. ( Zagorouyco A.Ya.‚ and Arnold )I.V. _Reasoning about style to the detective‚ within the framework of which by us four works of popular author of detective novels were explored – the English authoress Agatha Cristi – we tried to
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Analysis of “The Purloined Letter” using Structuralist Criticism The purloined letter is a detective story which has so many complex language that has more than one interpretion in some sentences. The content of "The purloined Letter" is an investigation for a missing letter. The whole story happens in two places primarily: one is C. Auguste Dupin’s little back library and the other is the hotel Minister D lives in. There are six characters in the story. Only one is a woman‚ the queen‚ and the
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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West
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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Purloined Letter is widely considered the greatest of his three detective short stories. The story revolves around C. Auguste Dupin‚ a detective who also appears in Poe’s other two detective works The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Rogêt‚ and the Paris police as they try to solve the mystery of a missing letter. The letter contains important information about a political figure in a high position that could potentially this person‚ which causes serious concern
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The detective story‚ first invented by Edgar Allen Poe‚ grew immensely popular with the introduction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The introduction of a single character solving many cases proved a successful strategy for selling stories‚ and Doyle wrote many installments of his ever-popular character’s experiences. Agatha Christie’s character Hercule Poirot also exploded in popularity. Since Doyle and Christie’s work‚ detective and mystery stories have remained in the spotlight. The
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ideas and visions of someone that lives in the town. It lets us know of what the people in the town thought of Miss Emily‚ and the things she was going through. The structure also does not follow a chronological order which plays out like that of a detective story. Also the story has different sections that don’t go detail to detail it skips some detailed parts of the story that keeps us guessing. This story is not a traditional because it does not start off with a beginning to ending type of
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