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>It sure does give a sort of heightened Gothic effect to the
narrative.
It's called the "pathetic fallacy". It's also stormy outside in the
Valley of Fear when McMurder is murdod and the Holmes & co get the
news.
The Sam Gamgee example is interesting, because you have Frodo and
Gandalf discussing Fell Deeds, to the counterpoint of a peaceful,
pastoral activity: Sam shearing the hedge. [or rather, NOT clipping
the hedge :-)]
> As regards the "glance out of the window," there never is a Sam
Gamgee...in short, a case.
True, it is a standard device ACD uses to introduce a case. [a man's
gotta start from somewhere] Still, it might be interesting to track
the ways in which the "scene is set" in the Canon. Oh what the Phil,
I'll just do it myself and post the results.
nb: Phil, ruler of Heck, a hell for minor offenders.
Hi, It has been interesting to see a few messages on our anniversary by the usual suspects . Welcome to the new entrants, Sridhar, hope to hear from you on the...
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... latter?!! Many, many stories in the Canon begin with an observation of conditions/ a person outside. Recall that in a Study in Scarlet, Holmes explains his...
Hi, It's true what Rishi says about weather conditions presaging dark events. It sure does give a sort of heightened Gothic effect to the narrative. It's rare...
... narrative. It's called the "pathetic fallacy". It's also stormy outside in the Valley of Fear when McMurder is murdod and the Holmes & co get the news. The...
My Lancelyn Greene has a story by ACD, written for the Ediburgh University's magazine The Student. The story is called "How Watson learned the trick". It isn't...
Yes, I have read the story. It's quite amusing. I believe it was written for Queen Mary, wife of King George V. When the Queen's Doll House was created in...
... When the Queen's Doll House was created in 1923, Actually, there are *two* stories, one called the "field Bazaar", which I was talking about, and the...
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Yes, I agree with you Pinaki when you say that Poirot is styled more on Dupin rather than Holmes. I believe their similarities go only as far as their having a...
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... detective fiction's" sleuth, Auguste Dupin, though. :) Yup. In fact, the whole *point* of Holmes' little demonstration was to prove that Dupin's lil' trick...
A reporter asked Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1894 if he had been influenced by the work of Edgar Allen Poe. The creator of Sherlock Holmes replied, “Oh,...
... hell-bent on proving to everybody that he did not hold the same opinions as Holmes about the matter. I mean a poem...? And I agree when you said that it...
... horror of it. It is actually a very long poem, by a chap called Arthur Guiterman, so I'll just type up the relevant stanzas. Here goes: Holmes is your hero...
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He KNEW his epic poetry. Was his specialty, in fact. My copy of Humphrey Carpenter has accounts of how beautifully he used to read extracts from the Edda....
I just bought my Humphrey Carpenter. Have yet to read it though. My favourite poem is 'Lay of Nimrodel' by Legolas when the fellowship is just entering Lorien...
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