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A Study in Scarlet - Background & Resources
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Not in London. If anyone passes through Toronto pay a visit to the main library. It has a separate room that is set up as 221B Baker Street. First editions, every other edition imaginable, games, furniture and everything else one can imagine. It is one of the largest collections of Sherlock Holmes material in the world. It is lovingly maintained by the Shelock Holmes Society chapter called The Bootmakers, a reference to the boots stolen in The Hound of the Baskervilles that were made in Toronto. There is even a horse race at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto called The Silver Blaze Stakes in which the winner is given a trophy by The Bootmakers who come dressed as characters from the stories. I've had the great pleasure to enjoy the festivities when I lived in Toronto.
Peter wrote: "Here is a link to Bootmakers ... or would that be a clue?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B..."
It slanders the Bootmakers by starting out claiming that "Aficionados of Sherlock Holmes are prone to forming groups where they discuss theories and minutiae about the most famous detective who never lived."
Never lived? PAH. It's true that Doyle changed the names of Holmes and Watson to conceal their real names, and altered some of the facts to, as they say, protect the innocent, but to claim that they never lived is an outright fraud.
Just sayin'.
Everyman wrote: "Peter wrote: "Here is a link to Bootmakers ... or would that be a clue?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B..."
It slanders the Bootmakers by starting out claiming that "Afici..."
Do you think there is any truth to the rumours that both Holmes and Watson came to North America and their decendents are now living on the west coast and on islands close to one another?
Just wonderin'
Peter wrote: "Just wonderin' "SHHHHH, W.
Peter wrote: "Do you think there is any truth to the rumours that both Holmes and Watson came to North America and their decendents are now living on the west coast and on islands close to one another?"OMG! That is news for me! hahaha
Peter wrote: "Not in London. If anyone passes through Toronto pay a visit to the main library. It has a separate room that is set up as 221B Baker Street. First editions, every other edition imaginable, games, furniture and everything else one can imagine. It is one of the largest collections of Sherlock Holmes material in the world..."Now Toronto is in my travel list!!!!! Thank you for that! :)
Rose wrote: "Hi, everyone!Please, post here any background, resources, curiosities...
Anyone has already gone to the Sherlock Holmes Museum, in London?"
Yes I've been to the museum in London. It's kind of hokey but ver fun.
Deborah wrote: "Yes I've been to the museum in London. It's kind of hokey but ver fun..."Yeees! I loved it! I have a lot of pictures from there! Want to go back, certainly... Maybe next year when I visit London again! :)
Have any of you watched this series, with Benedict Cumberbatch?http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t4pgh
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Renee wrote: "Lol. Watched. Bought. Re-watched. Watching again now in anticipation of this group read. The series is terrific, but it's a completely different experience if you've read all the stories and get al..."Hahahahaha! Cool! I watched before and I'm thinking of rewatching when I finish the books... (Yes, I know... It's my first time reading it... Don't mock me, please... English Literature is not obligatory here in Brazil! hahahaha Now I have a lot to read to make up for all this time I lived without Sherlock Holmes! :P )
Rose wrote: "Renee wrote: "Lol. Watched. Bought. Re-watched. Watching again now in anticipation of this group read. The series is terrific, but it's a completely different experience if you've read all the stor..."Don't worry. No mocking allowed. Heck, some Victorian novels I have read multiple times and always discover new worlds within them. I also have learned that I can never keep all the characters and their relationships and interconnections straight without making notes in a notebook. :-))
Rose wrote: "It's my first time reading it....English Literature is not obligatory here in Brazil! "Not even at "Elementary" school?! (Sherlock Holmes joke. Feel free to mock me - it's an absolutely terrible joke :-))
Pip wrote: "Rose wrote: "It's my first time reading it....English Literature is not obligatory here in Brazil! "Not even at "Elementary" school?! (Sherlock Holmes joke. Feel free to mock me - it's an absolut..."
Lol. Terrible it is :)
I thank you ;-))Incidentally, I've just posted a couple of videos from the BBC series "A Very British Murder" in the thread Renee started on the Victorian Detective just after our Lady Audley read. The second episode looks in particular at the rise of the detective and mentions A Study in Scarlet (mild spoilers within, so avoid until you've read the novel!)
The thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Mods - would it be an idea to un-archive it and put it in, maybe, the "General Vic Era" thread, or similar? It's one of those discussions which could be ongoing. Just a suggestion :-))
Pip wrote: "I thank you ;-))Incidentally, I've just posted a couple of videos from the BBC series "A Very British Murder" in the thread Renee started on the Victorian Detective just after our Lady Audley rea..."
Great minds think alike. I've unarchived it and made it a section for this read :)
Pip wrote: "Not even at "Elementary" school?! (Sherlock Holmes joke. Feel free to mock me - it's an absolut..."HAHAHAHA... OMG!!! I loved it! It's a really good joke, yes!
And in case you really want to know: no, in elementary and high school we have only brazilian and portuguese classics... hahahaha!
Rose wrote: ".And in case you really want to know: no, in elementary and high school we have only brazilian and portuguese classics... hahahaha! "
....which is absolutely normal! I'm pretty sure we didn't study Pessoa or Machado de Assis in the UK either ;-)
Please, post here any background, resources, curiosities...
Anyone has already gone to the Sherlock Holmes Museum, in London?