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Jack the Ripper murders

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Banner year for detective fiction

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Pirkis publishes In a World of His Own

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Publication of Pirkis' first novel

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Marriage of Lyne and Pirkis

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Married Women's Property Act of 1870

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Publication of first police detective novel

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Publication of Lady Audley's Secret

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First fictional female detective

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Publication of the first sensation novel

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