The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes [Revised Edition]

by Vincent Starrett

Overview

Originally published in 1933, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was one of the first pieces of Sherlockian scholarship to appear on the scene.

This edition is Vincent Starrett’s revised 1960 work, with two of the chapters previously published now substantially rewritten for the present edition—including ending the book with a pastiche—and it is this volume that now sits on the shelves of many a Sherlockian.

Well-written, insightful and informative, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of Sherlockian research.

“The greatest book about Sherlock Holmes that has ever been written.”—Dr. Julian Wolff, The Baker Street Irregulars

“A masterpiece! No one can surpass it for richness of phrase, depth of observation, and superb sardonic delight.”—Christopher Morley

“Vincent Starrett has done more than any other historian to capture the deep philosophical and poetic truth that lies behind the saga of Sherlock.”—Will Oursler

“The best piece of work written on the most memorable fictional detective.”—Ben Hecht

“A wry, thoroughly authoritarian and extremely fascinating chronicle.”—Carl Sandburg

“My father would approve…”—Adrian Conan Doyle

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839748615
Publisher:	Barakaldo Books
Publication date:	06/14/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (October 26, 1886 - January 5, 1974), known as Vincent Starrett, was an American writer and newspaperman. Born in Toronto, he moved to Chicago in 1889 and attended John Marshall High School. Starrett landed a job as a cub reporter with the Chicago Inter-Ocean in 1905, followed in 1907 with positions at the Chicago Daily News as a crime reporter, feature writer, and finally a war correspondent in Mexico from 1914 to 1915. He then turned to writing mystery and supernatural fiction for the pulp magazines during the 1920s and 1930s, and also wrote horror/fantasy stories, poetry, and detective novels and short stories. He died in Chicago in 1974 at the age of 87.