Wilkie Collins
The Law and the Lady
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( Aug. 19, 2015)
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Detective story dedicated to Regnier, attacking the Scottish Not Proven verdict. Early example of a female sleuth. The heroine is one of Collins's determined and resourceful women characters, who retains the initiative throughout. In the bizarre character of Miserrimus Dexter, Collins created one of his most powerful examples of mental disturbance, here combined with physical handicap. The novel contains several features of modern detective fiction, including the amateur succeeding where the professionals failed, a court-room cross-examination influenced by the Madeleine Smith trial, the use of an alibi, and the sequential elimination of the various suspects.
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.
Detective story dedicated to Regnier, attacking the Scottish Not Proven verdict. Early example of a female sleuth. The heroine is one of Collins's determined and resourceful women characters, who retains the initiative throughout. In the bizarre character of Miserrimus Dexter, Collins created one of his most powerful examples of mental disturbance, here combined with physical handicap. The novel contains several features of modern detective fiction, including the amateur succeeding where the professionals failed, a court-room cross-examination influenced by the Madeleine Smith trial, the use of an alibi, and the sequential elimination of the various suspects.
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