Best known as the creator of the daring Scarlet Pimpernel, The Baroness Orczy (18651947) ought also to be remembered for bringing to life a trailblazing pair of detectives. One was the cranky Old Man in the Corner, an early “armchair” sleuth. The other isn’t at all sedentary (and is a lot more likable) — Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Feisty, brilliant, and beautiful; precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn, Lady Molly, and her faithful sidekick and admiring chronicler Mary, began appearing in Orczy’s entertaining stories years before the Þrst Englishwoman did in fact become an ofÞcer of the law. These twelve clever, agreeably unportentous adventures of “my lady” were unknown to us before acclaimed novelist Alice Thomas Ellis brought them to our attention, and we’re most delighted she did.
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Highly entertaining,
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I do not profess to know much about Sherlock Holmes, but the style is much the same as the Sherlock Holmes tales I have read, but with a feminist...and feminine...spin. The Baroness Orczy lays the stories out quickly and the stories don't drag on, as some mystery stories and novels do (although you may lament the shortness at times). While some may find Lady Molly's feminine intuition somewhat unbelieveable, the stories are nonetheless delightful. Just as I was eager to find out whodunit in each story, so was I eager to learn of my lady's interesting history. Highly entertaining!
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Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is an enjoyable collection of stories in the Sherlock Holmes manner, although the accounts aren't quite as detailed. Is this where Carole Nelson Douglas got her inspiration for Irene Adler's expanded character, in addition to "A Scandal in Bohemia"? Both Lady Molly and Irene bear remarkable similarities.
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A fun collection of Victorian detective stories!,
By cathy@cassandra.ucr.edu (Moreno Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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The Lady Molly stories are fun, semi-feminist, Sherlock-Holmes-like tales. The attention to servants, clothing, and the ambiance of the era is delightful. The heroine is out to save her man and is both "ladylike" and a little feminist--although she gives up her job for love at the end of the book.
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WELL, you know, some say she is the daughter of a duke, others that she was born in the gutter, and that the handle has been soldered on to her name in order to give her style and influence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mysterious crime, dear lady, fifty thousand francs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Molly, Philip Baddock, Sir Jeremiah, Miss Cruikshank, Captain Hubert, Jane Turner, Miss Marvell, Captain de Mazareen, Leonard Marvell, Mary Nicholls, Appledore Castle, Major Ceely, Miss Violet, Lady Irene, Rosie Campbell, Scotland Yard, Eaton Terrace, Mark Culledon, Fordwych Castle, Miss Henriette, Miss Turner, Miss Joan, Miss de Genneville, Ash Court, Lord Mountnewte New!
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WELL, you know, some say she is the daughter of a duke, others that she was born in the gutter, and that the handle has been soldered on to her name in order to give her style and influence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mysterious crime, dear lady, fifty thousand francs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Molly, Philip Baddock, Sir Jeremiah, Miss Cruikshank, Captain Hubert, Jane Turner, Miss Marvell, Captain de Mazareen, Leonard Marvell, Mary Nicholls, Appledore Castle, Major Ceely, Miss Violet, Lady Irene, Rosie Campbell, Scotland Yard, Eaton Terrace, Mark Culledon, Fordwych Castle, Miss Henriette, Miss Turner, Miss Joan, Miss de Genneville, Ash Court, Lord Mountnewte New!
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- Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913 (The Nineteenth Century Series) by Joseph A. Kestner on 11 pages
- in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Aristocracies of Fiction: The Idea of Aristocracy in Late-Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Literary Culture (Contributions to the Study of World Literature) by Len Platt on page 39, and Back Matter
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Enriched Classic) by Emmuska Orczy in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- English Country House Murders by Thomas Godfrey in Front Matter, and page 125
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