Craftsman or copyist? Genius or journeyman? Artist or artisan? Of these, what was Conan Doyle? Does anyone take Conan Doyle seriously? Who can explain the phenomenon which makes Sherlock Holmes the instantly recognizable stock figure, probably the only such stereotype and standby in late Victorian and early twentieth-century fiction? Small fanatic groups rally to the cause of other fictional heroes from Tarzan to James Bond - and scores of forgettable detectives moulder in forgettable detective stories, while durable dated Holmes, whose career is now a century old (and he himself better than a century and a quarter according to his supporters) is as crisply readable and as much read as ever. If this is not literature, it is certainly durable craftsmanship, such that while Conan Doyle's other works fade into that greyness explored only by the occasional match-striking literature student, new editions of Sherlock Holmes, and Holmeses who never knew Conan Doyle, roll steadily from the presses. Such durability demands explanation.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-341) and index
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- 823/.912
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- R4 1982eb
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- 1 electronic text (xviii, 357 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Contents 6
- Tables 8
- Introduction 9
- 1 The Full Strength of the Organization 16
- 2 A Canonical Rule of Three 19
- 3 The Name is Familiar to Me 27
- 4 The Absence of Thomas 31
- 5 A Scarlet Study in Southsea 34
- 6 A Strong Family Resemblance 42
- 7 Scandalous Bohemian Names 48
- 8 Red-Headed Conundrum 52
- 9 Five Pips for Gloria Scott 57
- 10 Boscombe, Boone, and the Band 64
- 11 The Doctors' Quarter 73
- 12 No Rule of Thumb for Engineers 81
- 13 An Ungovern(ess)able Situation 85
- 14 Journey to Birmingham 88
- 15 Croydon, Norbury, and West Sussex 92
- 16 Aldershot, Reigate, and Old Soldiers 96
- 17 Patience in Brook Street 101
- 18 The Final Memoirs 105
- 19 Name that Hound, and His Friends 112
- 20 Nameplates on the Empty House 122
- 21 Murder on Home Ground 132
- 22 Dancing Norfolk Names 136
- 23 The Bicycle Craze 141
- 24 Priory Pride in Names 144
- 25 The Initialled Tobacco-Pouch 149
- 26 Charles Augustus 155
- 27 The Bust-Breaker of Baker Street 159
- 28 Too Big for their Cantabritches 165
- 29 The Terrible Death of Willoughby Smith 168
- 30 Three-Quarters of Trinity College 173
- 31 The Game Afoot at Marsham 178
- 32 The Spy and the Spot 180
- 33 Wistful Lodgers in the Wisteria 185
- 34 Underground or Underwater, Deadly 191
- 35 Who the Devil Was the Lady in the Red Circle? 198
- 36 Dying Despite the Doctors 208
- 37 A Maze, Amaze, a Mazarin 212
- 38 Thor Bridge Still a Problem 216
- 39 A Remarkable Collection of V's 220
- 40 Alias Three Forgers 224
- 41 A Few Illustrious Names, and Others 227
- 42 The Three-Gabled Fable 231
- 43 Something of the Final Five 234
- 44 Into the Valley, with Fear 241
- 45 The Noble Bachelors, and Benedicts 250
- 46 A Surplus in Surplices 254
- 47 Such Nice Neighbours 264
- 48 A Few of the Signs 278
- 49 Four Adventures, Fourteen Names 285
- 50 Who the Blazes — ? 291
- 51 The Creeping Man and His Last Bow 294
- 52 What About the Others? 298
- 53 The End of the Adventures 303
- L'Envoi (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) 316
- Notes 317
- Some Sources of the Sources: Bibliography 338
- Key to Abbreviations of Titles 353
- Index 354
