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I loved this! 5🔎😊

I think that most Holmes aficionados would find something of interest here, and personally I enjoyed all the essays, though they're probably not for casual readers of the stories (apologies if that sounds elitist - it does in my own ears!)
The chapters examine a variety of themes including colonialism and Holmes's cultural role in defending and normalising the moral threat to Victorian society of its perpetration of the ⬇️

I'm attending a weekend conference in Derbyshire and, not feeling the necessity of checking my ticket, I've arrived at 8:30 for a 9:00 start, but it actually kicks off at 11:00! 🤦🏻‍♂️
Oh, well, there's worse ways of spending a couple of hours than sitting in a conservatory with a book and a coffee 📖☕😌

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"Sherlock Holmes has a fair claim to being the most immediately and widely recognisable fiction character in English literature, even if this recognition often depends on mythologised versions of Doyle's texts."

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I went to the Cambridge University Bookshop yesterday, which prides itself on inhabiting the oldest bookshop site in Britain & being the oldest publisher in the world, so fine credentials!
I picked up the Sherlock Holmes number in their critical series "The Cambridge Companion to...", which I've seen reviewed as dry and academic, so sounds like my kind of book ?
The first essay is on the history of detective fiction & Doyle/Holmes' place in it.

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Interesting discussion yesterday, Sherlockians; we‘re even closer to the end. Next up: “The problem of Thor Bridge”. Discussion will be on 6/28 and will be led by @Cuilin Hope your week goes well.

See @dabbe ‘s original post for link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert)

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Interesting discussion yesterday, Sherlockians; we're even closer to the end. Next up: “The Problem of Thor Bridge.“ Discussion will be on 6/28 and will be led by @cuilin. Hope your week goes well.

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YRIHp0lUZgMGr3NjC5Ojhm-xtcC3txhX/view?usp=shari...

Dear @dabbe

Thank you so so much. How lucky am I to have found you in the nicest place on the internet. Have you read this one? It looks so good. Truly my cup overfloweth!!!