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Table of contents :

Sherlock Holmes For Dummies

About the Authors

Dedication

Author’s Acknowledgments

Contents at a Glance

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

What You’re Not to Read

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Elementary Beginnings and Background

Chapter 1: A Snapshot of Sherlock Holmes and the Stories That Made Him Famous

Sherlock Holmes: Not Who You Think He Is

Arthur Conan Doyle: Holmes’s Creator

The Canon of Sherlock Holmes

Three Centuries and Counting

Chapter 2: The Great Detective and His Life in Crime

Finding Sherlock’s Origins

The Methods of Sherlock Holmes

A Few (Not So Small) Quirks

Case Files: A Rundown of Significant Cases

Chapter 3: Arthur Conan Doyle: The Doctor Who Created the Detective

Doyle’s Early Life and Education

The Case of the Bored Doctor and the Birth of Sherlock Holmes

The Death (And Rebirth) of Holmes

Other Literary Endeavors

Life Outside of Literature

His Last Bow

Chapter 4: Life in the Days of London Fog

England, the Center of the World

London, the Heart of Empire

Keeping in Touch

From Peelers to the First Detectives: The Rise of Scotland Yard

Holmes Gets Around

Part II: What a Bunch of Characters!

Chapter 5: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes: A Character Study

Meet Dr. Watson

A Study in Friendship

Chapter 6: Cops, Landladies, and Others: The Supporting Characters

The Police

Mrs. Hudson, the Landlady

Pageboys and Urchins

Chapter 7: Villains, Victims, and Damsels in Distress

Professor Moriarty: The Anti-Holmes

Other Unsavory Characters

Victorian Victims: The Clients of Sherlock Holmes

Part III: Holmes and His Adventures

Chapter 8: The “Typical” Sherlock Holmes Story

The Long of It: The Novels

The Short of It: The Short Stories

It All Starts on Baker Street

Chapter 9: Delving into “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

Plot Points: How “The Hound” Is More Than Just a Dog’s Tale

Examining Characterization: Henry and the Hound

“The Hound” as Gothic Masterpiece

A Sense of Place

Key Themes in the Novel

Who Told the Hound Story First?

Chapter 10: The Gaslight Goes Away: The “Modern” Stories

Suddenly, It’s No Longer 1895

Postwar Canonical Crime

“The Valley of Fear”: Doyle Goes Hard-Boiled

His Last Bow

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Chapter 11: Common Themes and Threads

Some Things Never Change

Rationalism and Religion in the Canon of Sherlock Holmes

The Importance of Trifles

Chapter 12: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Brand New Detectives, Yet Strangely Familiar: Investigating the Rivals

One of the First Antiheroes: A.J. Raffles

Holmes’s Enduring Influence

Part IV: Beyond Baker Street

Chapter 13: The Sincerest Form of Flattery

Two Types of New Tales: Pastiche and Parody

Sherlockian Pastiche: The Continuing Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Spoofing the Great Detective: The Parodies

Chapter 14: Adapting Holmes for Stage and Screen

Sherlock Holmes on the Stage

Sherlock Holmes at the Movies

Sherlock Holmes on TV

Chapter 15: Communities of Sherlockians

The Baker Street Irregulars

The Scion Societies

The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

A Web of Intrigue: Virtual Sherlock Holmes Societies

Part V: The Par t of Tens

Chapter 16: Ten Unsolved Mysteries

The Missing Pup

Watson’s Wound

The Great Hiatus

The Good Doctor’s Wives

Sherlock and Irene: Did Holmes Fall in Love?

The Moriarty Brothers

Canonical Chronology

What Color Was Holmes’s Dressing Gown?

The Knighthood Question: Why French and Not English?

Where Was 221b Baker Street?

Chapter 17: Ten Sherlockian Places to Visit

The Baker Street Tube Station

The Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221b Baker Street

The Strand

The Lyceum Theatre

The Sherlock Holmes Pub

St. Bartholomew’s Hospital

The Langham Hotel

The Criterion Bar

The British Museum

Salt Lake City, Utah

Chapter 18: Ten Books Every Sherlockian Should Have

The Baker Street Journal

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library/The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Baker Street Reader: Cornerstone Writings about Sherlock Holmes

The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana

Starring Sherlock Holmes

Chapter 19: Ten Notable Quotes and Passages

Holmes’s Literary Game

The Dog That Didn’t Bark

The Impossible and the Improbable

Keeping an Uncluttered Brain

Proves or Disproves?

A Look in the Mirror

The First Handshake

The Obvious Facts

Knowledge Is My Business

Elementary, My Dear Watson

Appendix: Active Sherlock Holmes Societies in North America

Index

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