These 12 detective stories were first published as a series in the Strand Magazine, 1891–92, and then as a collection by George Newnes in 1892. After the novellas A Study in Scarlet (1887) and The Sign of Four (1890), Sir… Read More ›
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Analysis of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Speckled Band
This locked-room mystery was published in February 1892 in the Strand Magazine, a popular illustrated periodical aimed at a middle-class family audience. By the time contemporaries encountered “The Speckled Band,” Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson were familiar from… Read More ›
Analysis of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
This story first appeared in the Strand Magazine in the set of stories called The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It is one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories and focuses on the power of the master blackmailer Charles… Read More ›
Analysis of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Stories
In spite of his desire to be acknowledged as a writer of “serious” literature, Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) is destined to be remembered as the creator of a fictional character who has taken on… Read More ›
Vampire Narrative
The play between mythological and modern significance, between mystical and scientific visions of horror and unity, sexuality and sacred violence, is focused in the figure of the vampire. In Mary Braddon’s ‘Good Lady Ducayne’ (1896) the vampire theme signals the… Read More ›
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