'The Field Bazaar' at 125 Years—Sherlock Holmes and the Importance of Trifles
‘The Field Bazaar’ at 125 Years—Sherlock Holmes and the Importance of Trifles The mystery of the story and the character In 1886, a struggling 27-year-old physician named Arthur Conan Doyle made a fateful decision that was intended simply to pay the bills, but that would end up enriching the world. He published a novella featuring an eccentric consulting detective by the name of Sherlock Holmes. With “A Study in Scarlet” appearing in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, the stage was set for what would prove one of the greatest archetypical creations in the history of literature. ...
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