Literary real estate.(The Back Page)(Directory)

Publication: Booklist

Publication Date: 15-MAR-02

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"Location, location, location." It's the cliche of choice in the real-estate business, but does it hold true in literature? Would Sherlock Holmes have been as popular if his office had been on Marylebone Road, a few blocks away from 221B Baker Street? Well, maybe so, but his address didn't hurt. (It's hard to imagine a fan club being called the Marylebone Road Irregulars.) Maybe the addresses of some fictional characters are so memorable because they provide a link between imaginary and real worlds. We make our pilgrimages to 221B Baker Street because it...

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