The Victorian period formally begins in 1837, the year Victoria became queen, and ends in 1901, the year she dies. 1830 is usually thought of as the end of the Romantic Era in Britain, which makes an appropriate starting date for Victorianism. (Walker pg. )
Arthur Conan Doyle’s birth year, 1859, fell 22 years into Queen Victoria’s 64-year reign, a time of unparalleled growth and optimism for the British Empire. (BBC.co.uk) Supplies and workforce taken from groups worldwide had made England grow, and the time of serious freedom struggles placed in the distant future. Business succeeded, technology grew, and London developed at a fast rate and contributing to crime. While the great divide between rich and poor and the financial and human worry …show more content…
There are some stories are naturally “better”/more effective or more interesting than others. The collection starts with “A Scandal in Bohemia,” a story that is of greatest significance and enjoyment, because it is the introduction of Irene Adler, the one and only woman who gets the best of Sherlock Holmes ever. Pleased with this story, it was rather easy to figure out what was going to happen. Some other favorites were “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” which is one of the few in this collection that I actually underestimated at first and “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,” which is just so creepy, and creepy or scary stories are a huge thing for me. The set of stories provide for interesting and entertaining look of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in different cases, without necessarily needing to develop a single story over a long period of time, as the novels …show more content…
Doyle is very talented when it comes to writing. Even when the mystery is not such a mystery, when I have figured it all out by the time I am in half of the story, I still want to keep reading it, and I still enjoy finishing it, because of the style. The dialogue is well thought out also. One of the most enjoyable parts of the series is witnessing the back-and-forth arguing between Holmes and Watson, especially when Holmes is nagging Watson for his “dramatic” way of repeating the cases in narrative form. Holmes believes the stories should reflect more on his techniques, whereas Watson believes the stories should present the crimes/cases themselves and the seemingly unexpected way that Holmes manages to solve them. There is also clearly a growing relationship between both of them. Watson writes into his narrative how upset he is whenever Holmes seems to overlook possible happiness, typically the presence and leaving of a beautiful woman, for example. This relationship is showed more in the prose and dialogue than in the actual description itself. As they grow more comfortable with and familiar to one another, their way of speaking to and about the other also
Arthur Conan Doyle’s birth year, 1859, fell 22 years into Queen Victoria’s 64-year reign, a time of unparalleled growth and optimism for the British Empire. (BBC.co.uk) Supplies and workforce taken from groups worldwide had made England grow, and the time of serious freedom struggles placed in the distant future. Business succeeded, technology grew, and London developed at a fast rate and contributing to crime. While the great divide between rich and poor and the financial and human worry …show more content…
There are some stories are naturally “better”/more effective or more interesting than others. The collection starts with “A Scandal in Bohemia,” a story that is of greatest significance and enjoyment, because it is the introduction of Irene Adler, the one and only woman who gets the best of Sherlock Holmes ever. Pleased with this story, it was rather easy to figure out what was going to happen. Some other favorites were “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” which is one of the few in this collection that I actually underestimated at first and “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,” which is just so creepy, and creepy or scary stories are a huge thing for me. The set of stories provide for interesting and entertaining look of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in different cases, without necessarily needing to develop a single story over a long period of time, as the novels …show more content…
Doyle is very talented when it comes to writing. Even when the mystery is not such a mystery, when I have figured it all out by the time I am in half of the story, I still want to keep reading it, and I still enjoy finishing it, because of the style. The dialogue is well thought out also. One of the most enjoyable parts of the series is witnessing the back-and-forth arguing between Holmes and Watson, especially when Holmes is nagging Watson for his “dramatic” way of repeating the cases in narrative form. Holmes believes the stories should reflect more on his techniques, whereas Watson believes the stories should present the crimes/cases themselves and the seemingly unexpected way that Holmes manages to solve them. There is also clearly a growing relationship between both of them. Watson writes into his narrative how upset he is whenever Holmes seems to overlook possible happiness, typically the presence and leaving of a beautiful woman, for example. This relationship is showed more in the prose and dialogue than in the actual description itself. As they grow more comfortable with and familiar to one another, their way of speaking to and about the other also