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Nothing but murders and bloodshed and hanging : stories of crime and detection by a pioneering Victorian mystery writer
Fortune, Mary, 1833?-19112025
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A selection of Mary Fortune's crime stories, which comprise the first detective fiction series written by a woman. Set in the outback, on the goldfields, and in the burgeoning metropolis of Melbourne, her stories offer a vivid account of life and death in colonial-era Australia. Fortune tackled subjects such as murder, armed robbery, bootlegging, and sexual violence with a frankness unprecedented for a woman in the 19th century, in styles ranging from melodrama and Gothic horror to social realism and what is now termed noir.
Main title:
Nothing but murders and bloodshed and hanging : stories of crime and detection by a pioneering Victorian mystery writer / by Mary Fortune ; edited and introduced by Lucy Sussex and Megan Brown.
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Imprint:
New South Books, 2025.Portland, Oregon : Verse Chorus Press, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
309 pages : illustrations, facsimilies ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781959163091 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
526580
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