How Do the Writers Build Suspense?

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HOW DO THE WRITERS BUILD SUSPENSE?

Short stories were very popular in the nineteenth century. In those days, there was not a lot of entertainment so people would read aloud t entertain them selves. This is because television and radio were not invented yet. Sherlock Holmes and authors such as Charles Dickens solved crimes and wrote books during this era. It can also e argued That much of the success of short stories was because of poverty and people could not afford other forms of entertainment. Short stories were very cheap and from 1850-1900 they were the most common sort of stories because of the mysterious content. These stories imagery were so strong that they are still chilling contemporary audiences today as much as they were in the days they were written.

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        Charles Dickens was born in 1812 on the south coast of England. At the age of ten, he and his family moved to London where times were very hard. He was forced to leave school and work in a warehouse at the age of fourteen. Being very lonely in the warehouse, he felt strongly about neglect of the poor and this influenced many of his stories. E.g. the Signalman, A Christmas Carol etc.)

        Ambrose Bierce was born in Ohio in 1842 and also came from a very poor background. He fought in the American Civil war and soon became an ...

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