Dear Sherlockians,

The enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes appears to be somewhat difficult to be
verbally explained. Doyle had carefully incorporated the relevant Victorian and
Edwardian societal features in his detective to ensure his lasting appeal to the
the-then readers, and later, as a part of the English love for their heritage,
the character became well-loved. Doyle made his detective a flawless scientist
per se, and ensured that he kept himself away from the generally uncomfortable
issues of sex and outright violence. The detective fiction writer, while
creating a NATIONAL detective, incorporated in the stories several original
methods for crime detection, which ensured, unknown to Doyle, that the
adventures are still read compulsorily in the Egyptian and Chinese police forces
as texts. Holmes stories also addresses suitably the 19th century concerns with
imperialism and claim uniqueness and insularity for the investigator. The
Hercule Poirot or Father Brown stories do not seem to
be philosophically so stretched or so encyclopaedic or exuding NATIONALISM, and
hence they are not as popular as Holmes'.

(Pinaki Roy)


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