Can’t remember.
Jabez Wilson.
Douglas.
Not sure.
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For question 4. Was it not Sherlock himself in The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Does question 2 refer to The Red-Headed League?
Mar 22, 2021
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Bauernsalat72 wrote:
1. wasn't it "Decameron" , it had his name on it?
No idea how you remembered that, but it checks out. It's mentioned only once in the text and seems to have no significance to anything. Perhaps Doyle put it there to signal a libertine streak. I see from Wikipedia that a new and, for the first time, unexpurgated, translation had been published in 1886, a year before A Study in Scarlet, one that even included notes on Boccaccio's double entendres. Perhaps the restoration of the Decameron's erotic elements was the talk of the London literary world, and Doyle was painting Stangerson by way of it?
Mar 23, 2021
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#8
Wow! Great job ,you knew all my trivia! I'll have to think up some more.
Mar 23, 2021
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tlay80 hat geschrieben:
Bauernsalat72 wrote:
1. wasn't it "Decameron" , it had his name on it?
No idea how you remembered that, but it checks out. It's mentioned only once in the text and seems to have no significance to anything. Perhaps Doyle put it there to signal a libertine streak. I see from Wikipedia that a new and, for the first time, unexpurgated, translation had been published in 1886, a year before A Study in Scarlet, one that even included notes on Boccaccio's double entendres. Perhaps the restoration of the Decameron's erotic elements was the talk of the London literary world, and Doyle was painting Stangerson by way of it?
i read decamerone before i read holmes, and i was irritated by its occurance in that scarlet study. back in the day, i interpreted it as a hint to the number ten, but i support your theory as well, maybe it was just the hip topic of the day
Mar 26, 2021
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Close, but I think you’re conflating the names of two different abolitionists (siblings, in fact).
Jun 17, 2021
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#14
tlay80 wrote:
What American abolitionist did Watson evidently count as a hero?
Harriet Beecher Stow
Jun 17, 2021
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Verne9 wrote:
tlay80 wrote:
What American abolitionist did Watson evidently count as a hero?
Harriet Beecher Stow
Less close -- going the wrong direction. (It's her brother...)
tlay80 wrote:
Verne9 wrote:
tlay80 wrote:
What American abolitionist did Watson evidently count as a hero?
Harriet Beecher Stow
Less close -- going the wrong direction. (It's her brother...)
Henry Ward Beecher, I believe. (Reviving this forum).
I'm Verne's brother by the way, and I started this forum (years ago) on my old account.
Anyway, here's a question:
In which case did an electric bell appear at Baker Street?
I'll do more later! Enjoy!