Anniversaries, 1 November
Arthur Morrison
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about his childhood and parents. As a result, little is known about his early life except that he did...
Theme article
History of crime fiction
By: Johan Wopenka
Literary figure
Anna Travis
Gender: Female
When readers get to meet police daughter Anna Travis for the first time, she has just become a police detective in London. She makes a rapid career together with her colleague James Langton. She is a young, competent woman with red hair and brown eyes, and likes to dress in a manner that could be seen as ‘somewhat risqué’ with low-cut necklines and short skirts. Since she went horseback riding a l...