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'What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes?'
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Started this discussion. Last reply by James C. O'Leary Dec 6, 2012.
Stalking Sherlock?
Amazon's description of Nicholas Utechin's forthcoming book 'Amazing & Extraordinary: Sherlock Holmes' includes this passage: "Every aspect of the pipe-smoking, deer stalked character is…Continue
Started Oct 23, 2012
Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?
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My question regards the belief that the character Thaddeus Sholto was based upon Oscar Wilde. I've just read Richard Ellman's biography of Wilde, and I don't understand how Sherlockians came up with…Continue
Tags: Canonical, Characters, Wilde, Oscar, Thaddeus
Started this discussion. Last reply by James C. O'Leary Oct 3, 2012.
Tent Joke as English Lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJrEvOlbXuEThe famous or infamous tent joke is used to teachEnglish in this video on YouTube.(Gets a good…Continue
Started Oct 17, 2011
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James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion 'What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes?'James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion 'What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes?'"I received both The Narrative of John Smith and Dangerous Work for my birthday. While John Smith is a short work and quite fascinating when seen against Doyle's other work, it was slog to get through. Nothing happens in that book. Nothing! The…"
Ronald Kritter posted a discussion'What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes?'
www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/books/review/dangerous-work-arthur-conan-doyles-arctic-diary.html'What does Captain Ahab have in common with Sherlock Holmes?'is the title of the book review about ACD's whaling voyage diary:'Dangerous Work'.The reviewer offers high praise, indeed, in Sunday's New York Times Book Review.rkritter@gmail.comSee More
Ronald Kritter posted a discussionStalking Sherlock?
Amazon's description of Nicholas Utechin's forthcoming book 'Amazing & Extraordinary: Sherlock Holmes' includes this passage: "Every aspect of the pipe-smoking, deer stalked character is explored, including his relationships with Dr. Watson, his long-suffering landlady Mrs. Hudson, Scotland Yard detectives, and his nemesis Professor Moriarty, as well as Holmes' literary and musical tastes, bad habits, and his preferred disguises." Holmes as stalked by a deer? I refuse to believe that…See More
Ronald Kritter replied to Mattias Boström's discussion What is the origin of your Sherlock Holmes interest?"When I was a boy there was one parishioner who wore
a deerstalker hat to and from church.
I asked my father about the strange headgear.
My father grinned and said, "Maybe that's Sherlock Holmes."
That week I went to our…"
James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"Redmond mention those very points in A Study in Sources. However, there are other things beside Sholto/Douglas to link Oscar to Thaddeus."
Ronald Kritter replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"In SIGN (Sherlock Holmes Reference Library) Leslie Klinger's footnote states
"Students will immediately think of one Lord Alfred Douglas whose father
was the eighth Marquess of Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas."
The…"
James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"Thanks, Barbara! As I said, I have a limited Sherlockian library. That's what's great about the SHSN. So many wonderful and giving-of-their-time Sherlockians. Ronald came to the right place."
Barbara Piper replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"Christopher Morley describes the similarities between Sholto and Oscar Wilde in his book Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Textbook of Friendship in 1944. There may be earlier references linking the two, but Rosenberg was not the first by at least…"
James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"Donald A. Redmond in Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Sources (1982) had this to say:
The most notorious name problem in The Sign is Sholto. The immediate and almost only thought is the clan Douglas of Douglas, in which family the middle name Sholto…"
Ronald Kritter replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"Thank you, James, for your research and reply.
You've now piqued my interest in the Rosenberg book
which I only skimmed years ago.
I better take and second, and more careful, look.
Cordially,
Ron Kritter // Milwaukee // rkritter@gmail.com"
James C. O'Leary replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Was Thaddeus Wild(e)?"What an interesting question and I thought that I would be able to find the answer to in my small personal Sherlockian library, since the identification of Sholto and Wilde has been around since the '80's, I believe. The relationship…"
Ronald Kritter posted a discussionWas Thaddeus Wild(e)?
My question regards the belief that the character Thaddeus Sholto was based upon Oscar Wilde. I've just read Richard Ellman's biography of Wilde, and I don't understand how Sherlockians came up with the identification of the two men? Do we know who first asserted that Sholto was based on Wilde? The two figures could not be more dissimilar: Wilde was a towering, charismatic, charming figure -- not so poor Thaddeus. Is there a primary source linking Thaddeus's character with the imposing…See More
Roger Oldfield replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion Edalji and Straker..."Yes, Conan Doyle first heard of the horse-lancet in early 1907 when he homed in on Royden Sharp as his suspect in the Edalji case. See my 'Outrage: The Edalji Five and the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes', Vanguard Press, for full…"
Larry Feldman replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion ACD Bio"I'm sure that's the case, Matt. Obviously, Russell Miller is obviously a discerning Sherlockian scholar, making a canny commentary on the canonicity of the Casebook stories.:-)
Though he could be talking about The Lion's Mane and The…"
Matt Laffey replied to Ronald Kritter's discussion ACD Bio"Re: "fifty-four short stories" - the author probably just dismisses out of hand the canonicity of "The Mazarin Stone" and "His Last Bow". Or the editor.
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