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Blood On The Borders.
If you've spent a couple of years being unable to get past the opening chapter of one of the later novels of Henry James, it's hard to resist the idea that there might be a more easily enjoyable version of literature: a crime novel, for example. After all, quite a few literary masterpieces spend much of their turgid wordage being almost as contrived as any crime novel you've ever raced through. On page 13 of my edition of "The Wings of the Dove," Kate Croy is waiting for her father to appear: "He had not at present come down from his room, which she knew to be above the one they were in." But of course she knew that, knew it so well that she wouldn't have to think about ...
- The case of Sherlock Holmes ; A program at the Harvard Film Archive will offer...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe July 19, 2009 700+ words
...past half century - the way, say, Sherlock Holmes has for well over a century. Arthur...isn't it a case of there being Sherlock Holmes - and then every other detective...Harvard Film Archive next weekend. "Sherlock Holmes and Friends" consists of six Holmes...
- What kind of chemist was Sherlock Holmes?
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry O'Brien, James F. June 7, 1993 700+ words
...most highly rated of all detectives, Sherlock Holmes was also a practicing chemist. But...at this science was he? The first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published...the public automatically thinks 'Sherlock Holmes'. Old movies run on television again...
- Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch September 1, 2008 700+ words
Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles John H...Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes is the best known and most popular...Baker Street Irregulars is a major Sherlock Holmes fan club whose members have written...
- SHERLOCK HOLMES HOBBYISTS SEEKING INFORMATION.(AT HOME)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) October 13, 1996 700+ words
...ANITA GOLD Knight-Ridder Q. I'm a Sherlock Holmes fan. About five or six years ago...finely detailed and delicately painted Sherlock Holmes figures and characters on stands...the set and its value? Or perhaps a Sherlock Holmes collectors club I can contact...
- Bank Fights For Right To Be Sherlock Holmes' Secretary
- Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) June 25, 1994 700+ words
...Arthur Conan Doyle, is residence to Sherlock Holmes, has been delivered to the Abbey...residence is being challenged. The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 239 Baker Street wants control...at Abbey National and secretary to Sherlock Holmes. He answers the many letters that...
- Restored 'Sherlock Holmes' films arrive Jan. 27.(Foreign/Arthouse)
- Magazine article from: Video Store Rivero, Enrique January 25, 2004 700+ words
...but the restoration of the 12 old Sherlock Holmes movies that Universal Pictures released...original as possible," he said. The Sherlock Holmes Collection Volume Three--comprising...not contain extras. Volumes one (Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, Sherlock...
- JEREMY BRETT; MODERN SHERLOCK HOLMES.(CAPITAL REGION)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 14, 1995 700+ words
...Brett, star of 41 episodes in its Sherlock Holmes series, died of heart failure in...us the defining characterization of Sherlock Holmes for years to come,'' said Rebecca...seemed made for the part. ``A finer Sherlock Holmes has never, and will never, exist...
- How trail of THE HOUND led to Brum; UNMASKED: THE BASKERVILLE WHO INSPIRED...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) February 26, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: BY LORNE JACKSON A LEADING Sherlock Holmes expert claims The Hound Of The Baskervilles...mystery? "Much of the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes can be attributed to Conan Doyle...But is it possible that the classic Sherlock Holmes adventure would still have been published...
