The development, adaptations and re-evaluations of crime novels from comedy to tragedy, from depictions of our society to the exploration of an individual; the crime genre is now a genre that incorporates many other genres. ... When Conan-Doyle was writing, televisions or computers hadn't been invented so people had a lot more time to read, this is perhaps the reason why the story "The Hound of Baskerville" has a slower pace and is more detailed. ... The hardboiled genre explores a deep uncertainty in regard to women grown powerful and independent. ... The criminals are portrayed differ...

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"The lamb to the slaughter" was written in 1952 by Roald Dahl most famous for writing children's stories although he did write adult material such as the book "The lamb to the slaughter featured in "The tales of the unexpected". ... As the times changed so did literature, this was a result of people altering the way they spoke which in turn transferred into writing. ... Although detective stories of today can be extremely different to Sherlock Holmes, Connan Doyle's stories were important as they set the conventions for the detective story genre. ...

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