The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherl... by Arthur Conan Doyle

He is an idea, a concept, a symbol, which makes him seem so omnipresent. The main idea that came out of this reflection is that Sherlock Holmes is no longer, nowadays, only a character of fiction. This research work was furthermore completed thanks to the reading of documents regarding Sherlock Holmes’ context of creation, the Victorian era, as this period had a very important role to play in the understanding of the character. In addition to these readings and viewings, this paper is complemented by previous reflections on the character and his author.

This study relies on the reading of the original short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, his autobiography, as well as the analysis of the various adaptations and pastiches that were made after the detective’s adventures generated such a huge enthusiasm. This research paper considersthe reasons of such a universal success, for a character who is referenced just about everywhere, whatever the time and place, who takes multiple forms in both our daily lives and in the diverse shapes taken by culture (Literature, art, cinema, television…). This reflection is based on the observation of this character’s permanency and universality, whose identity transcended, throughout the years, the strict scope of its creation. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery.Īlso included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.This paper, written in the course of a Research Master specializing in English studies, questions a wide-ranging literary phenomenon: the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero-a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annualin 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band and Other Stories of Sherl... by Arthur Conan Doyle