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Quotations
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Sherlock Holmes Quotes
4,328 words, approx. 14 pages
This page is for quotations from the Sherlock Holmes series of stories, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Page numbers refer to The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes (1981) ISBN 0713914440 Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 A Study in Scarlet (1888) 1.2 The Sign of the...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Sherlock Holmes Information
9,563 words, approx. 32 pages
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, a detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective,...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
Sherlock Holmes 101
01/11/2004: 657 words, approx. 2 pages
WHAT: Tracing the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes; his colleague and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. WHY NOW: Because as devotees of Holmes -- "the world's first and still most famous consulting detective" -- have collectively...
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The Boston Globe
The Misadventures Of Sherlock Holmes
09/19/2004: 397 words, approx. 1 pages
"SHAMROCK WOMLBS had receeded a telephart whilst we sat at our lunch eating. . .. Quite sydney without warping he turd apod me with a miscarriage twinkle in his eye," recounts Doctored Whopper in John Lennon's 1965 story collection "A Spaniard in the Works."...
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AP Features
Arthur Conan Doyle's letters focus on family life, not Sherlock Holmes
11/8/2007: 755 words, approx. 3 pages
"Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters" (The Penguin Press. 608 pages. $37.95), edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was famously convinced that the dead and the living could communicate, so it might be thoughtful of his shade...
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Solved: Poe mystery awards are announced
5/1/2007: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
Which work won a 2007 Edgar Allan Poe award for best play? Elementary, my dear reader! It was "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure," by Steven Dietz.That wasn't the only Edgar award winner with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective in the title. E.J. Wagner's nonfiction...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joseph A. Kestner
7,038 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Kestner explains how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories influenced Victorian conceptions of masculinity.
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
A Comparison of the Sherlock Holmes Stories
2,468 words, approx. 8 pages
Compares three of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Speckled Band" (TSB), "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (MWTL), and "The Red-Headed League" (RHL). Examines the similarities and differences between them. Analyzes what qualities made the stories effective mysteries.
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Essay Grade: 75%
Sherlock Holmes Stories
472 words, approx. 2 pages
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is a dominant and "in-control" traditionalist of great brilliance. The character captivates readers without technology, fanfare or hype.


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