1ere The origins of British and American Detective fiction
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- The origins of British and American Detective fiction • Fill in the gaps with the words bellow
- 4 - Which story is Mrs. Maloney talking about 5 - Does she repeat the story in the text Where
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LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER. 1ere The origins of British and American Detective fiction • Fill in the gaps with the words bellow : inquest / private / fiction / murder / manor / tough / novel / closed / detective / enigma / depicted / city / popular / suspects. The detective ……………………….. was born in the mid 19th century. In the 1920s, the detective story became very ………………………... It followed very definite rules : – The scene was set in a ……………………….. space (a train, a ……………………….. etc). – There was :
/ city / popular / suspects. The detective ……………………….. was born in the mid 19th century. In the 1920s, the detective story became very ………………………... It followed very definite rules : – The scene was set in a ……………………….. space (a train, a ……………………….. etc). – There was :
A few minutes later she got up and went to the phone. She knew the number of the police station, and when the man at the other end answered, she cried to him, “Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!”
“Who’s speaking?” “Mrs. Maloney. Mrs. Patrick Maloney.” “You mean Patrick Maloney’s dead?” “I think so,” she sobbed. “He’s lying on the floor and I think he’s dead.” “Be right over,” the man said. The car came very quickly, and when she opened the front door, two policemen walked in. She knew them both-she knew nearly all the men at that precinct-and she fell right into Jack Noonan’s arms, weeping hysterically. He put her gently into a chair, then went over to join the other one, who was called O’Malley, kneeling by the body. “Is he dead?” she cried. “I’m afraid he is. What happened?” Briefly, she told her story about going out to the grocer and coming back to find him on the floor. While she was talking, crying and talking, Noonan discovered a small patch of congealed blood on the dead man’s head. He showed it to O’Malley who got up at once and hurried to the phone. Soon, other men began to come into the house. First a doctor, then two detectives, one of whom she knew by name. Later, a police photographer arrived and took pictures, and a man who knew about fingerprints. There was a great deal of whispering and muttering beside the corpse, and the detectives kept asking her a lot of questions. But they always treated her kindly. She told her story again, this time right from the beginning, when Patrick had come in, and she was sewing, and he was tired, so tired he hadn’t wanted to go out for supper. She told how she’d put the meat in the oven -”it’s there now, cooking”- and how she’d slipped out to the grocer for vegetables, and come back to find him lying on the floor. Some time later, one of the detectives comes back from the grocer’s with a page of notes while the men go on looking for the weapon until they finally suggest they have the leg of lamb for supper. Adapted from Road Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”, in Tales of the Unexpected, 1948 Corrigé du texte lacunaire : The detective novel was born in the mid 19th century. In the 1920s, the detective story became very popular It followed very definite rules : – The scene was set in a closed space (a train, a manor etc). – There was :
1 - What type of document is it? 2 - What do you know about the author? 3 - What does’it’refer to in “he showed it to O’Malley”? 4 - Which story is Mrs. Maloney talking about? 5 - Does she repeat the story in the text? Where? 6 - What kind of questions do you think the inspectors asked to Mrs. Maloney? Write them down. 7 - Do you think that Mrs. Maloney is sincere? Why? Justify your answer by quoting from the text.
1 - Patrick Maloney committed suicide. YES NO ________________________________________________ 2 - Mrs Maloney is very calm. YES NO ________________________________________________ 3 - Mrs Maloney knew one of the policemen. YES NO ________________________________________________ 4 - Patrick Maloney was having dinner just before he died. YES NO ________________________________________________ 5 - Mrs Maloney says she was not at home when her husband died. YES NO ________________________________________________ 6 - The inspectors have found the weapon. YES NO ________________________________________________ 7 - The detectives will never be able to find the weapon. YES NO ________________________________________________ 8 - Mrs Maloney is organising a little party for the death of her husband! YES NO ________________________________________________ Directory: 2010 2010 -> Through the Roof 2010 -> 2004 ieee international topical meeting on microwave photonics technical digest 2010 -> The petition and case system 2010 -> Hr 116 Application for Employment with Hills and Dales 2010 -> Polimaster ltd V. Rae systems inc polimaster ltd.; Na&se trading co., Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants 2010 -> The tandem project 2010 -> Cape Lookout National Seashore Historic Resource Study By 2010 -> Cape Lookout National Seashore Historic Resource Study By 2010 -> Ap u. S. History presidents list the Young Republic, 1788-1815 George Washington, 1789-1797 Download 32.78 Kb. Share with your friends:
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