Catherine Louisa Pirkis

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

What is a young lady like Loveday Brooke doing in a private detective agency? She's working there, as a clever sleuth, a female Sherlock Holmes of sorts. Excerpts:

"Loveday Brooke, at this period of her career, was a little over thirty years of age, and could be best described in a series of negations.

"She was not tall, she was not short; she was not dark, she was not fair; she was neither handsome nor ugly. Her features were altogether nondescript; her one noticeable trait was a habit she had, when absorbed in thought, of dropping her eyelids over her eyes till only a line of eyeball showed, and she appeared to be looking out at the world through a slit, instead of through a window. Her dress was invariably black, and was almost Quaker-like in its neat primness."

But what one could say affirmatively about her was that Loveday Brooke was a naturally talented private detective, a chosen career that had cut her off sharply from her former associates and her position in society. She demonstrates her skills in these six short stories:

The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step,

The Murder at Troyte's Hill,

The Redhill Sisterhood,

A Princess's Vengeance,

Drawn Daggers,

The Ghost of Fountain Lane,

Missing!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Booklassic
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789635267613
• Artikelnr.: 43975443

Autorenporträt

Catherine Louisa Pirkis (c. 1839 - 1910) was a pioneering figure in Victorian fiction, distinguished for creating one of the earliest female detectives in English literature - Loveday Brooke. Pirkis's contribution to the genre is encapsulated in her seminal work, 'The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective,' published in 1894. This collection of detective stories stands out for its protagonist's acute investigative skills and the subversion of contemporary gender norms. Loveday Brooke emerged during a surge of detective fiction that followed the trail blazed by Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and Pirkis's adept handling of the genre established her as a noted author of her time. She portrays Brooke as intelligent and professional, traits that subvert the era's traditional gender roles. Pirkis's literary style is characteristic of the late Victorian period, focusing on narrative drive and suspense, intertwined with incisive social observations-a hallmark of detective fiction from the era. Her works are celebrated for their insight into Victorian society, especially women's place within it. Though Pirkis published numerous novels and short stories throughout her career, 'The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective' remains her most enduring legacy, securing her reputation in the annals of literary history as a trailblazer for women in detective fiction.