This work dismisses a topic written about by Jarrolds and Mr. Bechhofer Roberts as "only interesting from a sociological and perhaps a legal point of view."
This work dismisses a topic written about by Jarrolds and Mr. Bechhofer Roberts as "only interesting from a sociological and perhaps a legal point of view." This essay uses an anecdote about a man crossing the Atlantic with his mistress dressed as a boy to discuss "episodes that no novelist would dare to make up." A "little man of the professional class" is offered as the perfect candidate for the title kind of action. This essay contrasts "our Elizabethan period," roughly 1850 to 1925, with the "false values of the American film," which it argues inspired Elizabeth Jones and Karl Hulten. This work opens in second-person with a man reading (*) News of the World on a Sunday afternoon. It identifies nine cases that have stood the test of time, many of them connected by poison, and compares them to the recent "Cleft Chin" case, all while placing Jack the Ripper in a class by himself. For 10 points, name this essay by George Orwell about how "you never seem to get a good [homicide] nowadays." 
This work dismisses a topic written about by Jarrolds and Mr. Bechhofer Roberts as "only interesting from a sociological and perhaps a legal point of view."
"Decline of the English Murder"