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R. Austin Freeman

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Dr. Richard Austin Freeman (1862–1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. He invented the inverted detective story. This invention has been described as Freeman's most notable contribution to detective fiction.

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“The position, as it would appear to a plain person of ordinary common sense, is that a woman who is legally married to one man and is living as the wife of another, is a married woman who is living with a man who is not her husband.”

— R. Austin Freeman《Helen Vardon's confession》

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Helen Vardon's confession

Helen Vardon's confession is a literary work by R. Austin Freeman. Its themes and subject matter include Artists and Detective and mystery stories. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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