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Compare The Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter referring to the structure, language and characterisation. In what ways are the stories typical of the detective story genre ?

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Have a little read: ... Compare The Speckled Band and Lamb to the Slaughter referring to the structure, language and characterisation. In what ways are the stories typical of the detective story genre ? The Speckled Band was written and set in 1892 by Arthur Conan Doyle. It includes Inspector Holmes solving another mystery involving a woman put into a similar situation to her late sister. The story Lamb to the Slaughter was written and set in the 1950's by Roald Dahl. It is not typical of a detective story unlike The Speckled Band. It involves a woman killing her husband with a leg of lamb. The mood at the beginning of The Speckled Band is one typical of a detective story. Set in a late Victorian style and involving a stately manor described as having a "gathering darkness". Whereas at the beginning of Lamb to the Slaughter it is has a much warmer feel to it. The

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