SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia : Message: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] On Holmes's and Watson's financial positi

Dear Sherlockians,

I think Dr Watson gave SH a lot of publicity by his writings. Even
Mycroft Holmes comments, " I hear of Holmes everywhere".

SH was well known abroad by persons who needed him.He had a
reputation in the Continent too.
Sumalsn

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Dear Sherlockians, I often wonder: what are the precise financial statuses of Sherlock Holmes and John Hamish Watson? Both are not, identifiably, well-off when...

pinaki roy
monkaroy

Mar 28, 2006
2:57 am

Hello, this is an interesting speculation, in light of the societal pressures in which Doyle worked. It might be worth noting that Holmes considers himself a...

jeff_katz_2

Mar 29, 2006
2:23 pm

Dear Jeff, I beg to differ. Please note SH was a typical Victorian gentleman. The contempt he showed to his high society clients were on an individual basis...

sumalsn

Apr 2, 2006
4:56 am

Dear Sherlockians, The topic being discussed this month,"Holmes and Watson's financial status",is intriguing enough.While all have put forth their views ...

faisal mujeeb
faisal_mujeeb

Apr 2, 2006
4:12 pm

Dear SHians, What Faisal here has said ought to have been puzzling me ever since I began reading the Canon, but it has not. Only goes to show how one can just...

sridhar C
cs_gollum

Apr 4, 2006
2:52 pm

I agree with the speculations fellow members have put forward regarding Holmes' financial side of his detective work. I think it may reflect the fact that in...

Tim Symonds
tim.symonds@...

Apr 4, 2006
3:12 pm

Dear Holmesians, I think SH also must have inherited a lot of property . He was a descendant of a squire and also related to Vernet, the artist. Please note...

sumalsn

Apr 8, 2006
9:17 am

Dear Sherlockians, I think Dr Watson gave SH a lot of publicity by his writings. Even Mycroft Holmes comments, " I hear of Holmes everywhere". SH was well...

sumalsn

Apr 8, 2006
9:27 am

One interesting thesis that P G Wodehouse forwarded (in a brilliant introduction to a print of "The Sign of Four", if I remember right) was that the Master and...

Nikhil Prasad Ojha
nikhilprasad...

Apr 8, 2006
1:40 pm

Dear Nikhil, Welcome back . It has been a long time since we have heard from you. I think Sir PGW was talking tongue in cheek. I remember we had discussed this...

sumalsn

Apr 9, 2006
8:48 am

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