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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes: Essays on Victorian England

Box Set Volumes 1 & 2

by Liese Sherwood-Fabre

Genre: Non-Fiction

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are full of everyday Victorian activities and events that send the twenty-first-century reader to consult their reference books. Few, for example, are intimately acquainted with the responsibilities of a country squire, the importance of gentlemen's clubs, or the intricacies of the Victorian monetary system.

These forty-eight short essays, gathered together from the first two volumes of "The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes" series, explore various aspects of life mentioned in the original stories. Readers gain modern-day insight into the nineteenth-century world. Untangle the complexities of inheritance, the Victorian wedding, and the treatment of brain fever. Discover the pleasures of the circus, the Turkish bath, and beekeeping. Such examinations bring deeper meaning and color to the adventures of the world's most famous consulting detective.

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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes: Essays on Victorian England

Volume Three

What do "slop shops," "scissorizing," "agony aunts," and "foolscap" have in common?

These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes tales. What was part of everyday existence to the Victorian has the modern day reader running to references books to discover its significance. These twenty-four short essays explore various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes tales, providing modern-day insight into the nineteenth century world. Topics include:

*Violins

*Electric vs. Gas Lighting

*Scrapbooking

*Agony Columns

*The Agra Fort

*Cardboard

*Sound Recordings

*Telephones

*Jellyfish

*Rugby

*Brandy

*The Opera

*The Crown Jewels

*Yellow Fever

*Snakes

*Italian Political Organizations

*Banks

*Diabetes

*Pocket Watches

*Writing Paper

*Coroners

*Pawnshops

*Clothing

*Calling Cards

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

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                - Carole Nelson Douglas, Bestselling Author

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Liese Sherwood-Fabre has won awards for her thrillers, romance, and literary short stories, and NYT bestselling author Steve Berry describes her writing as "gimmick-free, old-fashioned storytelling."

In the second grade, she knew she was destined to write when she got an A+ 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. She draws upon these experiences to endow her characters with deep conflicts and emotions.

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She’s Always Been My Hero

When I was first starting out, I got a copy of Donald Maas’ workbook on writing the breakout novel. One of the first things I came across in an exercise on the main character was to write down the name of your hero. I didn’t think long before I penciled in “Helen Keller.” The next series of questions involved why this person was a hero to help the writer identify the traits the main character could emulate.

I’m not sure how old I was when I first read about Helen Keller, but I remember sharing an interest with my fourth-grade best friend. I read the biographies written for younger readers, and later, her two autobiographies. What always fascinated me what her ability to overcome her disabilities. While her beloved “Teacher” opened her mind and world, Helen’s own drive pushed her to study at Radcliffe and make her own way in the world.

While I’ve not had any characters that faced such physical restraints, this exercise did make me see the obstacles before them in a different way. Whatever is holding them back can be seen as a form of disability (be it fear of commitment, a personality that appears caustic to others, or a love that blinds a person to another’s faults), and it is only by somehow adapting to overcome the disability does one achieve their goal.

Similarly, if I were asked to identify both Sherlock Holmes’ disability and basic appeal, it would be his powers of examination. He observed things that others didn’t, and this skill led to Holmes’ frustration with the police and even Watson. “You see but do not observe,” he tells his companion. In almost every case, he explains it all in the final paragraphs, and thanks to Watson’s recording of these cases, readers can observe their bond of mutual respect despite such flaws.

Dr. Sherwood-Fabre has been researching and writing about various aspects of Sherlock Holmes’ life for the past six years. Check out her series on “The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes.” Volume Three has just been released, and the first two are now available in eBook as a box set.

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