Essays on Victorian England 3 - The Life and Times of Sherlo ...

Liese Sherwood-Fabre

• 28 oktober 2020
• 9781952408076

Samenvatting:

“Slop shops," "scissorizing," "agony aunts," and "foolscap"

These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes tales. Everyday words and phrases to the Victorian may have modern day readers running to references books. These twenty-four short essays explain and explore various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, providing modern-day insight into the nineteenth century world.

The collection also includes the essay "Evil Women: The Villainesses of the Canon," originally published in the Baker Street Journal.

Originally shared through various Sherlockian newsletters around the world, they are gathered here for the first time. Essays cover:

Violins

Electric and vs. gas lighting

Scrapbooking

Agony columns

The Agra Fort

Cardboard

Sound Recordings

Telephones

Jellyfish

Rugby

Brandy

The Opera

The Crown Jewels

Snakes

Italian political organizations

Banks

Diabetes

Pocket watches

Writing paper

Coroners

Pawnshops

Clothing

Calling cards

“Be prepared to be enlightened and entertained!”

- Carole Nelson Douglas, Bestselling Author