The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

Name: The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
Brand: Yale University Press
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By Sara Lodge

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A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became a cultural sensation Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2025 From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people realise that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies, which they sometimes managed themselves. Sara Lodge recovers these forgotten women's lives. She also reveals the sensational role played by the fantasy female detective in Victorian melodrama and popular fiction, enthralling a public who relished the spectacle of a cross-dressing, fist-swinging heroine who got the better of love rats, burglars, and murderers alike. How did the morally ambiguous work of real women detectives, sometimes paid to betray their fellow women, compare with the exploits of their fictional counterparts, who always save the day? Lodge's book takes us into the murky underworld of Victorian society on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the female detective as both an unacknowledged labourer and a feminist icon.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 384
Release Date:: 2024-11-05
Publication Date:: 2024-11-05
Publisher:: Yale University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0300277881
ISBN13:: 9780300277883
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 590 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 238 cm
Thickness:: 37 cm

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