Why did nineteenth century readers enjoy detective stories?

Take notes and turn into a paragraph at the start of your essay.

If you want to write in more detail, you can look at these articles:

www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/detective-fiction

http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/VictorianCrime.html

If you finish, make detailed notes about the character of Sherlock Holmes from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

If you finish, make detailed notes about the character of Sherlock Holmes from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Nineteenth Century• 1800 – 1900• Period of technological, scientific, industrial

transformation.• Period of huge growth in society.

Emile Gaboriau

• Emile Gaboriau• Monsieur Lecoq• “The Self-Made

Detective”

Edgar Allan Poe

• Edgar Allan Poe• The Murders in the Rue

Morgue • C. Auguste Dupin

Pattern of Poe’s stories

• a strange crime takes place

• a brilliant detective investigates

• the detective solves the crime through logical reasoning

• the criminal is unmasked

Social Change• fears about menace of

crime• industrial revolution

altered towns and cities• by 1851 half of Britain’s

population lived in an urban area

• theft of property and organised crime became a concern

• Metropolitan Police established in 1828

Type of detective

• interest in sciences• creation of scientist-

detectives• solves crimes by use of

logic and latest scientific investigative methods

Why did nineteenth century readers enjoy detective stories?

Turn your notes into a paragraph at the start of your essay.

If you want to write in more detail, you can look at these articles:

www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/detective-fiction

http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/VictorianCrime.html

If you finish, make detailed notes about the character of Sherlock Holmes from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

If you finish, make detailed notes about the character of Sherlock Holmes from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes