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Arsène Lupin, the "Gentleman Burglar" of France, appeared from
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critic, Leblanc brought to the character "the skill of Sherlock Holmes, the
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Arthur Morrison (1863–1945) was born and raised in London. As a
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worked as a journalist. In later life he had a successful career as an art
dealer. He is best remembered in the mystery field for his casebook stories (à
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the Mean Streets (1895). Morrison grew up in the slums and chronicled his
experiences in the novel, A Child of the Jago (1896).
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first appeared—and fewer still genre detectives have relished their lack of
scruples with the angst-free abandon exhibited by the disreputable Horace
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Grant Allen (1848–1899) was one of the most prolific writers of
the Victorian era. Born in Ontario, he lived in both the U.S. and France. Later,
following graduation from Oxford, Allen served a stint at an ill-fated college
in Jamaica, after which he returned to England. Allen was close friends with and
sometime collaborator of A. Conan Doyle (Hilda Wade). His free-thinking
novel, The Woman Who Did, notoriously featured a protagonist who refused
to marry her lover because of her belief in the unfairness of marriage law (the
novel was dedicated to Allen’s wife). His novels Miss Cayley’s Adventures
and the aforementioned Hilda Wade feature two of the earliest female
detectives.
Grant’s most enduring character, however, is "Colonel Clay," the
gentleman rogue and thief who steals repeatedly from the corrupt "African
millionaire," a victim who is repeatedly led astray by the clever Colonel while
fueled by his own greed. A delightful early entry in the British "rogue" gallery
of gentlemen crooks, appearing two years before the introduction of the much
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