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Irene Adler and Victorian issues in “Scandal in Bohemia”
Introduction: Andrew Sanders in his The Short Oxford History of English Literature says, “The speculation and sensational popular literature of crime, which had been a feature of mid-Victorian Britain, retained much its currency in the late century.” (476) The story “Scandal in Bohemia” is about safeguarding the Aristocrats from the scandals in Victorian society. It ... Read more
