Thesis:

As stated by scholarly writers Dove, Panek, Doyle, and Binyon, the detective genre
became popular during the Victorian Era due to its stress free qualities and its game like
structure which really appealed to the middle class individual.
Paragraph Revision:
Another reason why the detective genre became so popular during the Victorian
Era was because it was used as a method of relaxation. The middle class during this era
needed a way to have a stress free time after a hard day at work. An important aspect that
ultimately makes the detective genre less stressful is investigation to which the detective
allies himself (Delamater 22). This concept of continuous investigation is seen in Conan
Doyles The Hound of the Baskervilles (by Sherlock Holmes) and is also supported by
Binyon who states, it is remarkable, therefore, how seldom Holmess inferencesor
deductionsprove incorrect. Indeed, they constitute his trade mark as a detective: that
offhand, seemingly magical characterization of a visitor to Baker Street which then
proves, on explanation, to be absurdly simple (Binyon 11). This idea states how the
detective genre structures itself in order to make it difficult for the reader to see the clues
to the case while reading the novel/short story but in the end, when the main detective
states the solution to the case, those clues seem incredibly obvious. This structure adds to
the stress free nature of the detective genre because the reader gets the solution to
everything. This model is also analyzed by Dove when he states how there is the
solution, which is always reached before the story ends (Different story 30).