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The Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes | Janice M. Allan, Christopher Pittard

I went to the Cambridge University Bookshop yesterday, which prides itself on inhabiting the oldest bookshop site in Britain & being the oldest publisher in the world, so fine credentials!
I picked up the Sherlock Holmes number in their critical series "The Cambridge Companion to...", which I've seen reviewed as dry and academic, so sounds like my kind of book ?
The first essay is on the history of detective fiction & Doyle/Holmes' place in it.

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LitsyEvents

The Problem of Thor Bridge | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Interesting discussion yesterday, Sherlockians; we‘re even closer to the end. Next up: “The problem of Thor Bridge”. Discussion will be on 6/28 and will be led by @Cuilin Hope your week goes well.

See @dabbe ‘s original post for link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert)

dabbe TY! 😍 4d

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Jen2

His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Enjoyable

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dabbe

The Problem of Thor Bridge | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Interesting discussion yesterday, Sherlockians; we're even closer to the end. Next up: “The Problem of Thor Bridge.“ Discussion will be on 6/28 and will be led by @cuilin. Hope your week goes well.

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YRIHp0lUZgMGr3NjC5Ojhm-xtcC3txhX/view?usp=shari...

Librarybelle Thank you! 4d

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😘 4d

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dabbe

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The novels | Arthur Conan Doyle

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I simply couldn't live without Sherlock Holmes, so I'd have to say detective fiction is the genre I'd read for the rest of my life. #sherlocked

BookmarkTavern So many puzzles to work out with detective fiction! Thanks for sharing! 4d

rwmg Storygraph has made me aware of just how many mysteries I read. And of course I can sneak in lots of other genres by reading mysteries with different settings 😜 4d

IMASLOWREADER fiction for me 3d

dabbe @rwmg Exactly! You get more bang for your buck! 🤩 3d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER I pretty much read 90% fiction! 🤣 3d

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iread2much

Mycroft and Sherlock | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse

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Another excellent book in a good series.
Mycroft receives a diagnosis that makes it hard to justify his hopes for a family, and he tries to help Sherlock develop empathy by tasking him with teaching the boys at Douglas‘s school which leads to Sherlock developing his sleuthing skills as one of the boys mysteriously dies.
4.5/5 read for a fun and historic story with background for Sherlock Holmes and his brother.

AnnCrystal 😍💕🐕🐻💝. 1w

Leftcoastzen Awww!🐶 1w

iread2much @AnnCrystal 😊💜🐕 1w

iread2much @Leftcoastzen 💜🐕💜 1w

dabbe #sherlocked 🖤🐾🖤 1w

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

Cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 3w

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. 3w

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. 3w

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CogsOfEncouragement I mean, the moment you hear there is a child from the first marriage...am I right? lol 3w

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement exactly!!! 3w

dabbe @Cuilin @Librarybelle @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement ... never trust the child from a 1st marriage! 🤣 I also found it kind of icky that Jack hung over his dad like a toddler would. 2w

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | Arthur Conan Doyle

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. 3w

eeclayton @Librarybelle I agree. It would have been weird if SH hadn't set out to find a down-to-earth, logical explanation. 3w

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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. 3w

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 🤷‍♀️ 3w

dabbe @Cuilin @Librarybelle @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement In some of my readings, it seems that seances and such were quite the rage in the late 1800s. Doyle's loss of not only his 1st wife but the loss of his son Kingsley and other friends from WWI further enhanced his interest in spirituality later in life. He seems to have been a more rational person earlier when he created Holmes. 2w

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Cuilin

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I really enjoyed this one. Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton

Cuilin @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 3w

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! 😂 3w

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 😁 3w

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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. 3w

kelli7990 I enjoyed it. 3w

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement great line! 3w

Cuilin @eeclayton yes definitely a gothic vibe right down to young Jack and his poison arrow. 3w

Cuilin @Librarybelle I was hoping for a bit more Vampiric lore. 3w

Cuilin @kelli7990 it was a fun one. 3w

dabbe @Cuilin @Librarybelle @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement @kelli7990 Sorry I'm a little late to the party. I enjoyed this one, too--WAY more than the last one, #oy! I found it interesting that the kid's name was Jack. “Jack“ is used is many folk tales (talking to you, Jack & the Bean Stalk) and usually involved a young adult male who is a trickster or rebel of sorts. In this one, he happens to want to kill. 🤷‍♀️ The name definitely fits! 2w

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LitsyEvents

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Sussex Vampire | Arthur Conan Doyle

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! 😍 4w

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