Description
The aim of this paper is to compare three detective stories from different
periods of time by analyzing their similarities and differences concerning structure. To
undertake this study, three detective stories were chosen: “The Murders in the Rue
Morgue” (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Speckled Band”, (1892) by Arthur Conan
Doyle and A Holiday for Murder (1938) by Agatha Christie. These three detective
stories were chosen because all of them are part of the Crime Fiction subgenre the
Locked Room Mystery. The aim is to verify the similarities and differences among
them, since they might follow the same pattern, even though being written in different
eras: Romanticism, Victorian and Georgian Literature.
