Liese Sherwood-Fabre

The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on Victorian England, Volume Three

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Slop shops," "scissorizing," "agony aunts," and "foolscap"

These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes tales. Everyday words and phrases to the Victorian may have modern day readers running to references books. These twenty-four short essaysexplain and explore various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories, providing modern-day insight into the nineteenth century world.

The collection also includes the essay-"Evil Women: The Villainesses of the Canon," originally published in the Baker Street Journal.

Originally shared through various Sherlockian newsletters around the world, they are gathered here for the first time. Essays cover:

• Violins
• Electric and vs. gas lighting
• Scrapbooking
• Agony columns
• The Agra Fort
• Cardboard
• Sound Recordings
• Telephones
• Jellyfish
• Rugby
• Brandy
• The Opera
• The Crown Jewels
• Snakes
• Italian political organizations
• Banks
• Diabetes
• Pocket watches
• Writing paper
• Coroners
• Pawnshops
• Clothing
• Calling cards

"Be prepared to be enlightened and entertained!"

- Carole Nelson Douglas,

Bestselling Author

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Elm Press
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781952408076
• Artikelnr.: 60737741

Autorenporträt

Award winning author, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, grew up in Dallas, Texas and knew she was destined to write when she received an A+ in the second grade for her story about Dick, Jane, and Sally's ruined picnic. After obtaining her PhD from Indiana University, she joined the federal government and had the opportunity to work and live internationally for more than fifteen years-in Africa, Latin America, and Russia. After returning to the states, she seriously pursued her writing career and has had numerous pieces appear in both print and electronically. She is currently a member of The Crew of the Barque Lone Star, the Napoleons of Crime, and the Studious Scarlets Society scions and contributes regularly to Sherlockian newsletters across the world.