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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mr. Robert Ferguson thinks his wife might be a vampire. Hes caught her sucking their babys neck and since that discovery, she has locked herself in her room, only allowing their Peruvian maid to bring her food. Her behaviour had been strange before that and she had struck Fergusons son from an earlier marriage twice. The boy, fifteen, has been left handicapped by a childhood accident. Holmes is immediately convinced he has solved the case upon hearing the story but he follows Ferguson back home to clear the mystery. "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" is part of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After his studies, he worked as a ships surgeon on various boats. During the Second Boer War, he was an army doctor in South Africa. When he came back to the United Kingdom, he opened his own practice and started writing crime books. He is best known for his thrilling stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He published four novels and more than 50 short-stories starring the detective and Dr Watson, and they play an important role in the history of crime fiction. Other than the Sherlock Holmes series, Doyle wrote around thirty more books, in genres such as science-fiction, fantasy, historical novels, but also poetry, plays, and non-fiction.
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Cuilin
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Librarybelle I thought it was better fair play wise than others we read, for instance last week‘s story. There are a few threads that I don‘t recall appearing in the story, but I may have missed them. 1d
eeclayton I definitely consider it fair play. I even picked up on some of the clues, although the one with the window had me baffled, just like Watson, I had no idea that SH saw a mirror image. 1d
CogsOfEncouragement I mean, the moment you hear there is a child from the first marriage...am I right? lol 1d
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Cuilin
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Librarybelle I did find it interesting that Holmes was the opposite of Conan Doyle. Maybe it has something to do with how tired Conan Doyle was with Holmes that Holmes is the opposite. However, Holmes‘s thoughts on ghosts does fit with his methodical and logical persona. 1d
eeclayton @Librarybelle I agree. It would have been weird if SH hadn't set out to find a down-to-earth, logical explanation. 1d
CogsOfEncouragement After I finished this one last night, I looked up when it was first published. It was January 1924 in The Strand Magazine. I wondered if it was entertainment for October (but I suppose how we treat “spooky season“ is a fairly new phenomenon). As I kept googling I see that Doyle and Stoker were friends.

I wonder how widespread Doyle's beliefs were. Would SH keep bringing in $$$ if the stories took that sort of a turn? The money was the point.
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Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement yes I saw Stoker and Doyle were friends. I know the loss of Doyle‘s first wife deeply affected him, which was the beginning of his interest in spirituality. I think his grief made him long for a life that wasn‘t so painful? Hence Sherlock 🤷‍♀️ 1d
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Librarybelle I enjoyed this one too! I did kind of hope for a true supernatural element, which would have been unique, but it was a super fun story. Maybe I think so because vampire is in the title! 😂 1d
eeclayton I enjoyed it, too. It had a Jane Eyre-ish vibe in the beginning, and I'm glad the lady didn't end up in the attic or a madhouse 😁 1d
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CogsOfEncouragement My favorite line from this one was when Watson sees his school mate is not physically what he once had been, and W states is was painful to see. The clever line that made me chuckle:
I fear that I roused corresponding emotions in him.
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kelli7990 I enjoyed it. 1d
Cuilin @eeclayton yes definitely a gothic vibe right down to young Jack and his poison arrow. 1d
Cuilin @Librarybelle I was hoping for a bit more Vampiric lore. 1d
Cuilin @kelli7990 it was a fun one. 1d
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @dabbe

Fabulous discussion and insight yesterday, Sherlockians! We're getting closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Sussex Vampire.“ Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 6/7, and will be led by @Cuilin. Have a good week. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZbyHAZrTXjmnC6KRzh5x6YdASAOmncCq/view?usp=shari...

dabbe TY! 😍 7d
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Fabulous discussion and insight yesterday, Sherlockians! We're getting closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Sussex Vampire.“ Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 6/7, and will be led by @Cuilin. Have a good week. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZbyHAZrTXjmnC6KRzh5x6YdASAOmncCq/view?usp=shari...

Librarybelle Thank you! 1w
dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😍 7d
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#scarathlon #photochallenge #vampire @Clwojick @StayCurious

These short Sherlock adventures are good for an hour but often lack substance. I wonder what it was like back in the day when these stories came out in a few installments in the newspaper.

bthegood Today with libraries and online book availability we may see books differently - if we had more limited choices we would probably really look forward to any opportunity to read a novel/short story (good or bad)- 👻 (edited) 2y
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