Crime fiction By jeppelorensen Period: 1601 to 1800 We found several stories dealing with crime Period: 1701 to 1900 Many changes 1794 William Godwin's "Caleb Williams" Period: 1809 to 1849 Allan Poe lived Period: 1812 to 1870 Charles Dickens lived Period: 1824 to 1889 Wilkie Collins lived Jan 1, 1829 The beginnings of today's police 1841 Allan Poe's first crime story 1853 "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens Period: 1859 to 1930 Arthur Conan lived 1868 One of the very first crime stories "The moonstone" by Wilkie Collins Period: 1888 to 1959 Raymond Chandler Period: 1890 to 1976 Agatha Christie lived Period: 1893 to 1982 Dorothy L. Sayers Period: 1894 to 1961 Dashiell Hammet Period: 1895 to 1982 Ngaio Marsh Period: 1904 to 1966 Margery Allingham Period: 1920 to 1940 The so-called Golden Age of Crime Fiction Period: 1920 to 1933 The lawlessness of Prohibition America