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Plot Summary of The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
"John Cree tells us his step by step drama which involves the serial killings in Limehouse during the 1980's. Elizabeth Cree's trial is written in dramatic form and the progress of other characters and how they relate to the tale are told in the third person. Ackroyd places John Cree in the reading room of the British Museum alongside characters like George Gissing and Karl Marx. "
Penny , Resident Scholar



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Crime & Police story Yes
Story of - catching a killer

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - writer

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
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