Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes: Essays on Victorian England
Set Volumes 1 & 2
Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Non-Fiction
Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are full of everyday Victorian
activities and events that send the twenty-first-century reader to
consult their reference books. Few, for example, are intimately
acquainted with the responsibilities of a country squire, the
importance of gentlemen’s clubs, or the intricacies of the Victorian
monetary system.
forty-eight short essays, gathered together from the first two
volumes of “The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes” series,
explore various aspects of life mentioned in the original stories.
Readers gain modern-day insight into the nineteenth-century world.
Untangle the complexities of inheritance, the Victorian wedding, and
the treatment of brain fever. Discover the pleasures of the circus,
the Turkish bath, and beekeeping. Such examinations bring deeper
meaning and color to the adventures of the world’s most famous
consulting detective.
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Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes: Essays on Victorian England
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do “slop shops,” “scissorizing,” “agony
aunts,” and “foolscap” have in common?
and other Victorian references appear throughout the original
Sherlock Holmes tales. What was part of everyday existence to the
Victorian has the modern day reader running to references books to
discover its significance. These twenty-four short essays explore
various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
original Sherlock Holmes tales, providing modern-day insight into the
nineteenth century world. Topics include:
vs. Gas Lighting
Columns
Agra Fort
Recordings
Opera
Crown Jewels
Fever
Political Organizations
Watches
Paper
Cards
collection also includes a bonus essay—”Evil Women: The
Villainesses of the Canon,” originally published in the Baker
Street Journal.
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Sherwood-Fabre has won awards for her thrillers, romance, and
literary short stories, and NYT bestselling author Steve Berry
describes her writing as “gimmick-free, old-fashioned
storytelling.”
the second grade, she knew she was destined to write when she got an
A+ for her story about Dick, Jane, and Sally’s ruined picnic. After
obtaining her PhD from Indiana University, she joined the federal
government and had the opportunity to work and live internationally
for more than fifteen years. She draws upon these experiences to
endow her characters with deep conflicts and emotions.
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