The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders

The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

Judith Flanders

556 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative slow-paced
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wonderful... Flanders] shines in her readings of literary novels containing criminal and detective elements, such as Oliver Twist, Mary Barton and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but can be sharp and very funny about the ...

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informative 89%
dark 71%
challenging 28%
mysterious 22%
reflective 18%
sad 10%
funny 6%
adventurous 4%
emotional 4%
tense 4%
relaxing 1%

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medium 27%
fast 1%

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