Detective fiction

In The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction, private investigators are willing to do what ever it takes to solve the crime. They are contracted and do not work for the police. They hold both good and bad qualities that help them solve crimes. In Raymond Chandler’s “Trouble is My Business” he introduces us to a private investigator by the name of Chandler Phillip Marlowe. This investigator is witty and speaks with too much sarcasm at times. He is not concerned with reporting murders to the…

the rules of a detective story. The story has a gloomy, yet suspenseful tone and is a murder/ crime story. Although the murderer is in plain sight, she plays a big role in the story as it unfolds. It is not discovered that she is the true murderer until the end of the story. This book is particularly a detective crime fiction book. Agatha Christie’s “Peril at End House” is a mix of two subgenres of detective fiction. It is classic whodunit and cozy. In a classic whodunit detective story, the…

Introduction According to Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘’Crime Fiction reveals the truth that reality often obscures.’’ Good morning/afternoon staff, parents, esteemed guests and of course the year 12 students of Good Shepherd Catholic College. My name is Lili Clewett and I am a Literary Expert for English Explorers here today to provide an overview of Crime Fiction and its history in order to deconstruct the literary genre for your upcoming assessment piece. I will also compare and contrast how crime…

The crime fiction genre has been growing in popularity since its apparitions in the early 1840s. Indeed, the interest for this literary genre is comprehensible, given the entertainment one gains from reading a detective novel, the thrill of the plot and action and, of course, the constant desire of figuring out the solution before the detective himself does. As with most literary genres, crime fiction has clear conventions that contribute to making it recognizable and enjoyable to the readers.…

Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith and Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kate Dennis are extremely different kinds of Detective Fiction and therefore contain some key differences. In McCall Smith’s text, the crimes are not as significant compared to those in Dennis’. Also, in Smith’s text, the criminals are not as worthy as those found in Dennis’. Both texts have very memorable detectives for different reasons. These texts are definitely on opposite ends of the detective fiction…

Detective fiction nowadays is taken for granted as a trite genre, abundant in any library collection. However, in Victorian England, this genre was completely undeveloped. In 1868, Wilkie Collins wrote The Moonstone, which served as a remarkable testament to his creative brilliance, for the novel single hardly inaugurated a new genre; one of suspense and mystery. His innovative use of the novel as a historical citation with multiple narrators showed his literary prowess and vision as a writer.…

I have always had an interest in the Victorian time in England. Though it is odd, I also have a fascination for crime novels and television shows. Stories of Sherlock Holmes and the later Hercule Poirot were interesting and caught my attention at a young age. When I was researching books to read for this project I knew that I wanted to pick a time period. Victorian life was always interesting and through my research I discovered my second book first. The other book I read was Invention of…

This paper deals with the article ‘Oak Island’s Mysterious’ “Money Pit”, written by David MacDonald (A Reader's Digest Classic, originally published in 1965). This piece of literature is mysterious as it talks about the treasure which has been excavated by many people but not yet found. The argument will be developed through a critical review of David MacDonald’s article discussing in turn the fact whether the treasure in the Oak Island is natural or man-made, in other words does the treasure…

and ¨The Masque of the Red Death¨ by Poe feature several elements of Gothic literature. In And Then There Were None, Christie creates a mystery that is almost unsolvable. Most of the characters become suspects at some point in the story and the detectives can't solve the case. In contrast, Poe's ¨The Masque of the Red Death¨ there is a disease known as the Red Death, which they consider to be a murderer. Everybody knows who the murderer is. Similarly, there is one character who believes they are…

In gothic literature, mysteries, suspicion, and murderess acts are what make the story. In And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, the mystery to discover who U.N. Owen is, is a widespread suspicion. The characters in And Then There Were None all investigated, even before they knew the seriousness of the situation, they interrogate people, search for clues, and assign blame. However, in the short story “The Descendant”, by H.P. Lovecraft, the mystery was pushed aside by most people,…