Sherlock Holmes
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The Sign of Four – Sherlock Holmes #2

The year 1890 was a special time for the readers of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. Two legends in the making, Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde, agreed to write stories for this American magazine making its British debut. Wilde produced The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Doyle gave us his second Holmes outing, The Sign of Continue reading
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A Study in Scarlet – Sherlock Holmes #1

For a significant part of my tweens and teens, I was obsessed with Sherlock Holmes. It’s fair to say he is still one of my very favorite characters. Over the past 18-something years since we first met, I’ve always intended to return to the series and never followed through completely. But now, enough time has Continue reading
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Sherlock Holmes and Korngold’s Violin Concerto – A Classical Cousin
Warning: Contains Sherlock Holmes series spoilers and extreme geekery I am feeling nostalgic this evening, so I thought I would write a post about something dear to me, and exceedingly trivial, that I don’t think I’ve told anyone before. 😆 Simply this—the connection between the Korngold violin concerto and the Sherlock Holmes series. Yes, these Continue reading
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