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Although Professor James Moriarty only appeared twice in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing, in The Valley of Fear, and in The Final Problem, he has become synonymous with the stereotypical evil genius. In both these stories, despite Moriarty's efforts, he is bested by Sherlock Holmes at nearly every turn. | ||
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| Fu Manchu is a tall, lean Chinese man with the grace and green eyes of a cat. He possesses a soaring intellect and a bottomless evil. As he is described in chapter 2 of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, he is "the yellow peril incarnate in one man". This evil Oriental gentleman has also appeared in many other works, including The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu and The Hand of Fu Manchu. | ||||||
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Auguste Dupin is the original detective genius, pre-dating, and perhaps inspiring, the creation of Sherlock Holmes. His attempts to solve a series of hideous murders in Paris in 1841 are chronicled by Edgar Allan Poe in the story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. | |
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| Rosa Coote was a standard character in Victorian erotic literature, usually involving various types of flagellation. Her literary predecessor was known as Miss (or Lady) Flaybum. Other common characters in Victorian pornography were Lord and Lady Pokingham. | ||||
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| Pollyanna, published in 1913 and written by Eleanor Porter, is the story of a young girl who not only endures a number of hardships, but manages to remain cheerful throughout, and also enriches the lives of those she touches along the way. | |||
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