Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
It is the very first collection of short stories about the crimes that England's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, solves. This collection includes 12 stories.
Interesting information:
The stories were published once a month in issues from July 1891 through June 1892 in the newly appeared Strand Magazine.
All of the stories are narrated in the first person, with Dr. Watson as the narrator. In a number of the stories, criminals go unpunished for one reason or another, and there is also a recurring theme of exonerating the falsely accused.
All of the stories are narrated in the first person, with Dr. Watson as the narrator. In a number of the stories, criminals go unpunished for one reason or another, and there is also a recurring theme of exonerating the falsely accused.
In 1927 Conan Doyle named 12 of his best stories about Sherlock Holmes, among them there were several works from this collection, and the writer called the story «The Purple Ribbon» his favorite, and «The Union of Redheads» was in the second place.
Topic & issues:
1. The impunity of criminals
2. Inhumanity of crimes
3. Self-interest
4. Manipulation and manipulation
Characters:
1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Dr. Watson
3. Irene Adler
Peculiarities of text composition:
This collection contains 12 short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
They are united by a common theme: Sherlock Holmes solves mysteries, crimes that are committed around the aristocracy of England.
The type of narration of each story is mainly concluded in the fact that the author emphasizes the rapid development of events. He gives a vivid characterization, a description of each character, but all this unfolds against the background of the narrative of rapidly developing events.
This collection contains 12 short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
They are united by a common theme: Sherlock Holmes solves mysteries, crimes that are committed around the aristocracy of England.
The type of narration of each story is mainly concluded in the fact that the author emphasizes the rapid development of events. He gives a vivid characterization, a description of each character, but all this unfolds against the background of the narrative of rapidly developing events.
Genre features:
Arthur Conan Doyle uses parallelism and non-unionized sentences for the rapid dynamics of events.
We can also notice that the texts of the stories are simple and interesting, but at the same time they take us to the atmosphere of England of the late 19th century. The author achieves this with the help of outdated words and the use of personification.
Arthur Conan Doyle uses parallelism and non-unionized sentences for the rapid dynamics of events.
We can also notice that the texts of the stories are simple and interesting, but at the same time they take us to the atmosphere of England of the late 19th century. The author achieves this with the help of outdated words and the use of personification.
