Tag: sherlock-holmes
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When Authors Tire of Their Characters (But Can’t Just Kill Them Off)
Holmes and Moriarty, 1893 illustration by Harry C. Edwards in McClure’s I’ve been enjoying Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem.” That’s the one, you’ll recall, based on the famous story where Holmes is tossed over Switzerland’s Reichanbach Falls by Moriarty, his arch-nemesis. Watson is left to re-trace his steps and mourn his…
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“Sherlock Holmes’ Great Canadian Adventure”: Jack Batten and Michael Bliss on the Annexation Threat
Well, this is fun. (Not sure about the AI-generated image, however, based on a prompt of “Sherlock Holmes in Canada.” The hat’s all wrong.) This is courtesy of Jackie Shead’s Atwood book, which includes a reference to a historical curiosity of a story, first published in the Globe & Mail nearly a half century ago.…
The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction 