Category Archives: Arthur Conan Doyle

>Y for The Yellow Face

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>For the second-last post in Kerrie´s alphabet game I have chosen an old Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Yellow Face. In many ways this is a typical Sherlock Holmes story. A very upset husband, Grand Munro, calls in … Continue reading →

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>Sherlock Holmes & Middle Class Women

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[See also Sherlock Holmes & Women 1 & Sherlock Holmes & Working Class Women] “When the house is renovated and refurnished, all that he will need will be a wife to make it complete.” If we didn´t know already, Dr … Continue reading →

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>Sherlock Holmes & Working Class Women

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>NB: this post is not connected to this week´s “Bait in the Box” quotation. This review will appear tomorrow, Friday, as usual. As my previous Sherlock Holmes post indicates, Conan Doyle did include women in his crime stories – when … Continue reading →

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>Sherlock Holmes & Women # 1

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Photos: Sherlock Holmes online Many years ago, in what feels like another world, I wrote a short paper about Victorian literature called “Sherlock Holmes and Women.” I found the subject relevant and engaging then, and I think parts of … Continue reading →

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