"Golden Age" crime fiction.
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- Mon Mar 08 2004

... Wide Reading The crime-fiction genre is a longstanding genre which deals with the thrill and suspicion of ensnaring a villain, often by means of a fascinating process of thoughtful deduction. The perennial interest generated by villains and their associated crimes means that the genre is still very popular, though it has undergone development to make it more appealing to those familiar with popular culture. A form of the novel however, that is still widely read today is what is referred to "Golden Age" crime fiction. This term is used to identify crime fiction of the early part of the 20th Century, when the genre was dominated by British authors, and directed to the more literate middle and upper classes of the period. As a consequence, the crimes dealt with in these novels are often somewhat more sophisticated and genteel - featuring murders in country manors, while the villain is uncovered through a














