For people who have English as their second language and wants to hone their powers to be able to read Sherlock's Victorian English.
created by ladybree
last updated February, 2026
The Leavenworth Case (The Mr. Gryce Mysteries)
Anna Katharine Green
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)
G.K. Chesterton
The Old Man in the Corner (Teahouse Detective, #1)
Emmuska Orczy
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
Martin Hewitt, Investigator
Arthur Morrison
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
Edgar Allan Poe
Persuasion
Jane Austen
A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)
T.H. White
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Really nice idea and great list name!
The ideal order is:
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