Comparing Lamb To The Slaughter with The Speckled Band

In this essay, I will compare Roald Dahl's "Lamb to The Slaugter" and Sir Arthur Conan Dolye's "The Speckled Band". I will show how the language and style used differs between the two short detective stories; I will also show how the social and cultural background of the two authors will have affected their work.
Firstly I will describe to you the background and origins of welsh author, Roald Dahl. He was born in 1916 to Norweigen parents in Llandaff, Wales and educated at Repton Boarding School for boys. His harsh treatment in this school lead him to write stories about revenge and cruelty. After deciding to skip university he joined the Shell Oil company, later working for the R.A.F. and then working as an air attaché in Washington, D.C. After publishing "The Gremlins" and "Someone Like You", he was estalished as a serious writer of creepy, morbid fiction.
He wrote nineteen childrens stories, best know for "James and the Giant Peach" and "The BFG". He died in 1990.
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