Tag: sherlock sunday
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Familiar Patterns in Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear
Here we have the final novel in my Sherlock Sundays mini-series, The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I can’t lie – I was a little disappointed with this one. While I understand that the Sherlock Holmes story world is vast and covers a great many narrative structures and frameworks, not to mention…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Classic Hair-Raising Read
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is perhaps his most well-known novel within the Sherlock Holmes Chronicles, and for good reason. It stands out among his other works – A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, and The Valley of Fear – in its themes, setting and eerie imagery,…
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Exotic Excitement in Sherlock Holmes The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four is a step up in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Chronicles from A Study in Scarlet, and I’m sure many will agree with me. It is still an introductory novel to the world of Sherlock Holmes and to the main characters, as indicated by the mention of Sherlock’s drug…
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Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet Was Before Its Time
This read-through of A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel I have read, though I have been consuming stories about Sherlock Holmes since childhood. The Sherlock TV show featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is a notable favourite, as is the movie adaptation featuring Robert Downey Jr., especially A Game of Shadows.…