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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486794628

ISBN-139780486794624

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Book TitleI Believe in Sherlock Holmes : Early Fan Fiction from the Very First Fandom

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicMystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies

GenreFiction

AuthorDouglas G. Greene

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-021792

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823/.8

Table Of ContentIntroduction Robert Barr - The Great Pegram Mystery Robert Barr - Jennie Meets a Great Detective R.C. Lehmann - Picklock's Disappearance John Kendrick Bangs - Sherlock Holmes Again John Kendrick Bangs - The Adventure of the Missing Pendants Allen Upward - The Adventure of the Stolen Doormat Bret Harte - The Stolen Cigar Case Mark Twain - A Double Barrelled Detective Story Headon Hill - The Tenth Green Maurice Leblanc - The Jewish Lamp O. Henry - The Sleuths Ellis Parker Butler - The Mystery Man J. Storer Clouston - The Truthful Lady Victor Starrett - The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet

SynopsisWhen Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his fictional sleuth in the 1893 story ""The Final Problem,"" distraught readers resorted to producing their own versions of Sherlock Holmes's adventures thus inventing the now-common genre of fan fiction. These tales by famous and lesser-known devotees offer the best of early Sherlockian tributes and parodies. Includes stories by Robert Barr, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, O. Henry, and others., When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his fictional sleuth in the 1893 story "The Final Problem," distraught readers resorted to producing their own versions of Sherlock Holmes's adventuresthus inventing the now-common genre of fan fiction. These tales by famous and lesser-known devotees offer the best of early Sherlockian tributes and parodies. Editor Douglas G. Greene's informative Introduction provides background on each of the stories and their authors. The collection begins with Robert Barr's "The Great Pegram Mystery," a satire that appeared less than a year after the very first Holmes short story. Thirteen additional tales include Bret Harte's "The Stolen Cigar Case," praised by Ellery Queen as "one of the most devastating parodies" ever written about the Baker Street investigator; Mark Twain's "A Double-Barrelled Detective Story," featuring Holmes's nephew, Fetlock Jones; and "The Sleuths," by O. Henry, in which a bumbling New York private eye struggles to outshine a rival., When Doyle killed off his great detective in ""The Final Problem,"" distraught readers resorted to producing their own stories. This volume compiles the best of the early Sherlockian fan fiction., When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his fictional sleuth in the 1893 story ""The Final Problem,"" distraught readers resorted to producing their own versions of Sherlock Holmes's adventures - thus inventing the now-common genre of fan fiction. These tales by famous and lesser-known devotees offer the best of early Sherlockian tributes and parodies.Editor Douglas G. Greene's informative Introduction provides background on each of the stories and their authors. The collection begins with Robert Barr's ""The Great Pegram Mystery,"" a satire that appeared less than a year after the very first Holmes short story. Thirteen additional tales include Bret Harte's ""The Stolen Cigar Case,"" praised by Ellery Queen as ""one of the most devastating parodies"" ever written about the Baker Street investigator; Mark Twain's ""A Double-Barrelled Detective Story,"" featuring Holmes's nephew, Fetlock Jones; and ""The Sleuths,"" by O. Henry, in which a bumbling New York private eye struggles to outshine a rival.

LC Classification NumberPR1309.D4