The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

by Vincent Starrett

Overview

Interesting sidelight of the Sherlock Holmes stories. This is a basic book for all afficionados of the great detective. illus. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries; Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497690899
Publisher:	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Publication date:	11/25/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	125,518
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Vincent Starrett (1886–1974) was a Chicago journalist who become one of the world’s foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes. A books columnist for the Chicago Tribune, he also wrote biographies of authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce. A founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, Starrett is best known for writing The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933), an imaginative biography of the famous sleuth.

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Enter Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• The Methods of Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• The Return of Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• No. 221-B Baker Street
• The Private Life of Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• The Untold Tales of Dr. Watson
• Ave Sherlock Morituri Et Cetera
• The Real Sherlock Holmes
• Impersonators of Mr. Sherlock Holmes
• Sherlock Holmes in Parody and Burlesque
• The Evolution of a Profile
• Epilogue
• Appendix
• A Final Examination Paper on the Life and Work of Sherlock Holmes
• A Selected Bibliography
• Studies and Reviews
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright

Editorial Reviews

"[Starrett] is surely one of the most attractive and infectious writers of books-about-books. . . . scholarly without stuffiness, affectionate without sentimentality.” —New York Times
 
“Starrett’s book is the classic on Sherlock Holmes, and the one book that every fan of the detective should, uh, consult.” —The Washington Post Book World
 
“Classic.” —Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
 

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