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When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was, I knew it dealt with mystery, but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment, now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is, "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually by murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur"...
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When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was, I knew it dealt with mystery, but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment, now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is, "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually by murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur"...
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The Women Detective: The Ultimate Oxymoron? To be able to figure out whether or not women can be detectives, one first has to beg the question: What IS a detective? In the classis sense, a detective in a person that in called in when a crime occurs and the police are at a loss to solve the crime...	4 / 1101
Book review of the book "Nemesis" by Agatha Christe The book "Nemesis" is about an old spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead. Her name is Mrs. Jane Marple. One day she gets a letter from a man she was on vacation with in the Caribbean...	2 / 497
History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was, I knew it dealt with mystery, but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment, now I know...	2 / 349
Agatha Christie Biography Christy published over eighty books and other works, mainly whodunits. While her work is not considered part of the literary canon, she is a major figure in detective fiction...	2 / 342
Detective Fiction The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you, given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books...	5 / 1158
EMMA,(Jane Austen) Miss Bates character analysis Austen's diction is one such technique used to characterize Miss Bates. Miss Bates is a "contented" old woman with certain "cheerfulness" to her nature...	2 / 556
The History of the Hard-Boiled Detective Hard-Boiled fiction is considered one of the more popular sub-genres of detective fiction; there have been numerous films and novels about urban detectives exposing corruption in the police force and in politics...	3 / 808