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A serialised Victorian novel by Creator/WilkieCollins, first published in 1875, ''The Law and the Lady'' features one of the earliest-known female amateur detectives in fiction.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: When the book was first published as a serial, the magazine censored a paragraph in which Dexter makes a pass at Valeria. Since their contract with Collins forbade them from making changes to his work, he forced them to publish the original paragraph with the following instalment.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: When the book was first published as a serial, the magazine censored a paragraph in which Dexter makes a pass at Valeria. Since their contract with Collins forbade them from making changes to his work, he forced them to publish the original paragraph with the following instalment.installment.
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* {{Fainting}}: Valeria faints on discovering the account of the trial.
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* SpitefulSuicide: A possible solution to the mystery is that Sara Macallan killed herself and framed her husband for the murder.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The idea of a 'Not Proven' verdict in a notorious poisoning trial was likely inspired by the notorious case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Smith Madeleine Smith]].
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The idea of a 'Not Proven' verdict in a notorious widely-reported poisoning trial was likely inspired by the notorious case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Smith Madeleine Smith]].
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Determined to save her marriage, Valeria resolves to save her marriage and clear her husband's name by finding the real murderer.
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Determined to save her marriage, Valeria resolves to save her marriage and clear her husband's name by finding the real murderer.
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* DirtyOldMan: Major Fitz-David, in his sixties, can't resist flirting with pretty young women -- a weakness which Valeria uses to her advantage.
-->The women had a warm friend — perhaps at one time a dangerously warm friend — in Major Fitz-David.
-->The women had a warm friend — perhaps at one time a dangerously warm friend — in Major Fitz-David.
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* {{Fainting}}: Valeria faints on discovering the account of the trial.
* GoldDigger: By the end of the book, one of Major Fitz-David's lady friends has married him for his money.
* GoldDigger: By the end of the book, one of Major Fitz-David's lady friends has married him for his money.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Valeria discovers she's pregnant partway through the book, and her son is born just in time for the final chapter.
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A serialised Victorian novel by Creator/WilkieCollins, ''The Law and the Lady'' features one of the earliest-known female amateur detectives in fiction.
Newly married Valeria Woodville (née Brinton) quickly comes to learn that her husband Eustace has a dark secret in his past - for a start, his real name isn't Woodville. Insistent on discovering the truth, she soon learns that he was married previously, and stood trial for his previous wife's murder. The jury's verdict was NotProven - there wasn't enough evidence to convict Eustace, but not enough to clear him either.
Determined to save her marriage, Valeria resolves to save her marriage and clear her husband's name by finding the real murderer.
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!! '''The novel provides examples of:'''
* {{Bowdlerise}}: When the book was first published as a serial, the magazine censored a paragraph in which Dexter makes a pass at Valeria. Since their contract with Collins forbade them from making changes to his work, he forced them to publish the original paragraph with the following instalment.
* ChekhovsGun: The one time Valeria visits the mansion that was the scene of the crime and walks in the garden, the narrative pays special attention to the dust-heap. Sure enough, it later proves necessary to search the dust-heap for a vital clue.
* DescriptionInTheMirror: Valeria introduces herself to the reader by describing her reflection in the mirror.
* EccentricArtist: Miserrimus Dexter is on the border between this and MadArtist; the pictures he paints are, in Valeria's opinion, filled with 'diseased and riotous delight... in representing Horrors'.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Eustace's first wife, Sara, pretty much forced him to marry her by contriving to be caught in his bedroom.
* IAmNotPretty: Valeria insists to the reader that she isn't pretty; she's [[RavenHairIvorySkin dark-haired and pale]] rather than fashionably blonde and rosy-cheeked.
* MeetCute: Valeria met Eustace by tripping and falling into the trout stream where he was fishing.
* MeaningfulName: Miserrimus Dexter was deliberately given his first name (meaning 'most wretched') because of his deformity.
* NotProven: The stain on Eustace's reputation caused by the ambiguity of the verdict is what drives Valeria to investigate.
* OldRetainer: Benjamin, formerly clerk to Valeria's father, to whom she turns for assistance through the book.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The idea of a 'Not Proven' verdict in a notorious poisoning trial was likely inspired by the notorious case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Smith Madeleine Smith]].
* SpiritedYoungLady: Valeria is ladylike, graceful, and devoted to her husband. She also becomes one of the first amateur female detectives in the nineteenth-century novel.
* ThriftyScot: Mr Playmore. At one point Valeria horrifies him by giving him a blank cheque and telling him to fill in the correct amount; he refuses, and instead insists on producing an itemised bill.
Newly married Valeria Woodville (née Brinton) quickly comes to learn that her husband Eustace has a dark secret in his past - for a start, his real name isn't Woodville. Insistent on discovering the truth, she soon learns that he was married previously, and stood trial for his previous wife's murder. The jury's verdict was NotProven - there wasn't enough evidence to convict Eustace, but not enough to clear him either.
Determined to save her marriage, Valeria resolves to save her marriage and clear her husband's name by finding the real murderer.
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!! '''The novel provides examples of:'''
* {{Bowdlerise}}: When the book was first published as a serial, the magazine censored a paragraph in which Dexter makes a pass at Valeria. Since their contract with Collins forbade them from making changes to his work, he forced them to publish the original paragraph with the following instalment.
* ChekhovsGun: The one time Valeria visits the mansion that was the scene of the crime and walks in the garden, the narrative pays special attention to the dust-heap. Sure enough, it later proves necessary to search the dust-heap for a vital clue.
* DescriptionInTheMirror: Valeria introduces herself to the reader by describing her reflection in the mirror.
* EccentricArtist: Miserrimus Dexter is on the border between this and MadArtist; the pictures he paints are, in Valeria's opinion, filled with 'diseased and riotous delight... in representing Horrors'.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Eustace's first wife, Sara, pretty much forced him to marry her by contriving to be caught in his bedroom.
* IAmNotPretty: Valeria insists to the reader that she isn't pretty; she's [[RavenHairIvorySkin dark-haired and pale]] rather than fashionably blonde and rosy-cheeked.
* MeetCute: Valeria met Eustace by tripping and falling into the trout stream where he was fishing.
* MeaningfulName: Miserrimus Dexter was deliberately given his first name (meaning 'most wretched') because of his deformity.
* NotProven: The stain on Eustace's reputation caused by the ambiguity of the verdict is what drives Valeria to investigate.
* OldRetainer: Benjamin, formerly clerk to Valeria's father, to whom she turns for assistance through the book.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The idea of a 'Not Proven' verdict in a notorious poisoning trial was likely inspired by the notorious case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Smith Madeleine Smith]].
* SpiritedYoungLady: Valeria is ladylike, graceful, and devoted to her husband. She also becomes one of the first amateur female detectives in the nineteenth-century novel.
* ThriftyScot: Mr Playmore. At one point Valeria horrifies him by giving him a blank cheque and telling him to fill in the correct amount; he refuses, and instead insists on producing an itemised bill.
