The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb was published by the Strand Magazine in 1892, and was the ninth short Sherlock Holmes story composed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb starts in 1889 after Watson's marriage. Victor Hath Hatherley is an engineer who has had his thumb cut off. Watson exhorts that they see Sherlock Holmes and the two men go to Baker Street, and Hatherley discloses to them how it happened. In the short story,…

the narrative portrays many features that are significant in developing the story as a whole. Some of the major features of the narrative that will be mentioned include a discussion of Watson’s presence throughout the narrative, encounters between Holmes and Professor Moriarty and Holmes’s conclusion in solving this narratives’ problem. Concepts that will be used include ideas related to Russian Formalism, and Structuralism. With Russian Formalism, motivation is a key concept that will be…

In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote an Intriguing foul play mystery. This story takes place in early April of 1883 in England at Stoke Moran. Helen Stoner and Julia stoner lived with their stepfather, Dr. Grimsby Roylott. In this story Helen stoner’s sister, Julia Stoner, mysteriously died. Two years later, Helen was seeking assistance from Sherlock Holmes and, his trusty assistant, Dr.Watson. Helen had heard the low whistle her sister had described to her.…

Vivian Darkbloom wrote “Holmes is Where the Heart is” to delve into the unusual behaviors in Sherlock and Helen. However, the fault in her arguments are the assumptions and false information that back up her assertions. Darkbloom assumes that Helen is relevant to the story. She takes advantage of the lack of information and attempts to correlate the missing pieces of the miscellaneous characters together in disarray. The surviving step daughter is simply the catalyst that puts the story and the…

Arthur Conan Doyle is widely recognized as one of the most thrilling adventure novelists during the Victorian era. Through his use of linear writing style and various literary techniques, Doyle is able to captivate the world with his famous Sherlock Holmes novels. In one of Doyle’s novels, The Hound of the Baskervilles, he is able to instill the sense of adventure for the reader to follow along with the journey of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. I chose to analyze pages 146-150 because I believe…

“Only a mastermind like Ridley Pearson could put such a fresh spin on the venerable story of Sherlock Holmes… Lock and Key provides an explosive origin story for our hero and future villain...this tale will change the way you see Sherlock Holmes and leave you dying to know more about the evolution of the Moriarty’s...”. This quote was written by Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, praising Ridley Pearson’s book Lock and Key. Writing became a passion of his from a young age.Ever…

Laura Lyons was disowned by her father after she married a man who was a traveling artist. But Sir Charles felt bad for her and helped her to relocate, who she eventually helped play a role in the death of. Laura plays a key role in helping Sherlock Holmes convict Stapleton in the book, by telling him everything she knows and agrees to…

thirty in the morning because Sherlock thought it was a brilliant idea. While this was unusual, I tried to hide my confusion. My facial cues failed me and Sherlock spilled the news. He claimed that there was a dame awaiting our services. Sherlock was able to subdue her, but she needed more help than a soft spoken newsie. Sherlock proceeded to dissect her and noted that not any doll runs around these corrupt streets looking for trouble if she isn’t in trouble herself. Sherlock kindly asked if I…

The following simile- "Swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard. Presents a terrifying picture of the figures movement. "Metaphors are also used to very good effect by Conan Doyle. On page 182, Holmes interjects Helens narrative with the comment "These are very deep waters," Holmes clearly sees this as a terrible situation and we can sense that he feels the problem is going to be very difficult to solve. We can see on page 188 good use of a simile when Conan Doyle Describes…

Speckled Band”, a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I wanted to make the case file look realistic so I used a manilla folder with a picture of the “Stoner twins” attached to the front. Since the case in the story was unsolved in 1982 and Sherlock Holmes solved the case in April of 1983, I included this information on the file. A case number is written on the top of the file to make it look more realistic. Inside the file, one can find crime scene photos. One picture shows the eerie Stoke…