5/24/2023 0 Comments The casebook of sherlock holmes![]() ![]() Had Holmes never existed I could not have done more, though he may perhaps have stood a little in the way of the recognition of my more serious literary work. ![]() I have never regretted it, for I have not in actual practice found that these lighter sketches have prevented me from exploring and finding my limitations in such varied branches of literature as history, poetry, historical novels, psychic research, and the drama. ![]() This must cease and he must go the way of all flesh, material or imaginary.” He says that he “had fully determined at the conclusion of The Memoirs to bring Holmes to an end, as I felt that my literary energies should not be directed too much into one channel,” but he later revived him (reportedly due to public demand, though he doesn’t say so here). ![]() Sherlock Holmes may become like one of those popular tenors who, having outlived their time, are still tempted to make repeated farewell bows to their indulgent audiences. It opens with a preface from Doyle himself, rather than Watson, saying that “I fear that Mr. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the last of the Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]()
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