Mystery and Crime Kenealy, Arabella: Some Experiences of Lord Syfret. v1. 18 Aug 2025

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Lord Syfret — a gentleman of independent means, with health, wealth, and position; he alleviates boredom by investigating strange matters. He is an amateur sleuth, occasional occult detective, and habitual nosy parker and busybody — he often receives strange “impressions” that may lead to encounters with interesting people and human villains, but also sometimes unveil true horror.

Lord Syfret was one of the earlier occult detectives, and can be seen as a prototype for Flaxman Low and later occult detectives.

Be aware that Kenealy presents very demeaning stereotypes of Indian and Jewish characters.

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Arabella Kenealy (1859 – 1938) was a noted novelist and author of “New Woman” non-fiction.

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List of stories:

Spoiler:

The Haunted Child
In a Terrible Grip
The Villa of Simpkins
The Wolf and the Stork
Stronheim’s Extremity
A Beautiful Vampire
Honaria’s Hero
Prince Ranjichatterjee’s Vengeance
The Metamorphosis of Peter Humby
The Beautiful Mrs Tompkyns
An Ogre In Tweeds

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This series of short stories appeared in “The Ludgate” magazine, June 1896~Apr 1897.
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