Most of Holmes' work is during the Victorian Era, and his last case ends at the beginning of WW-1.
'To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind.' -- John Watson, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' "I only caught a glimpse of her at the moment, but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' 'He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of THE woman.' -- John Watson, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' "I have been beaten four times - three times by men and once by a woman." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Five Orange Pips'
In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Sherlock Holmes gathers several crucial clues from Helen Stoner during their conversation. She reveals that her twin sister, Julia, died under mysterious circumstances shortly before her wedding, and mentions the strange whistling sounds heard in the night. Additionally, Helen describes the oppressive atmosphere of her stepfather's estate and the recent renovations made to her room, which hints at the potential dangers she faces. These details help Holmes deduce the nature of the threat and the motive behind her sister's death.
The reader is left to infer from the following conversation from 'The Valley of Fear' that Moriarty lived somewhere in London. Moriarty's younger brother lived in the West of England. INSPECTOR MacDONALD: '. . . I thought you told me once, Mr Holmes, that you had never met Professor Moriarty.' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'No, I never have.' INSPECTOR MacDONALD: 'Then how do you know about his rooms?' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'Ah, that's another matter. I have been three times in his rooms, twice waiting for him under different pretexts and leaving before he came. Once - well, I can hardly tell about the once to an official detective. It was on the last occasion that I took the liberty of running over his papers, with the most unexpected results.' INSPECTOR MacDONALD: 'You found something compromising?' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'Absolutely nothing. That was what amazed me. However, you have now seen the point of the picture. It shows him to be a very wealthy man. How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station-master in the West of England. . . .'
Here is the last paragraph from 'A Scandal in Bohemia':__And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman's wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.In 'The Five Orange Pips' Holmes says:__"I have been beaten four times - three times by men and once by a woman."
Sherlock is smart and perfect. Watson is kindly but not as smart. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created his character Sherlock Holmes modelling him after his teacher in the Edinburgh Medical School, Dr. Joseph Bell. So this character was created out of the elements and faculties of observation, logic, deduction and diagnosis. Dr.Watson was a shadow of Doyle's past inner self from the student days, created as an unpolished rock against which the razor of Holmes' logic could be sharpened. Holmes is pictured as a very detached and reserved person whereas Watson is kind, humane, emotional and social. Watson is not at all a fool or unclever, but he certainly can not raise himself above earthly cares whereas Holmes can abandon food and rest for days if necessary, when he is engaged in a mind blowing puzzle the solving of which needs him being just a weight of nerves. Watson is straight forward and simple and just can not enter the mind of a criminal as his famous companion does. Nor can he invent ingeneous tricks like Holmes to trap adversaries.
sherlock Holmes : without him we would be under enslavement. Please don't ask why
Most of the Sherlock Holmes stories are written in descriptive style. For instance, many stories contain historical fiction (based on actual history), and the actions of the protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, are described in detail. However, many parts of the stories are in narrative style, and mostly when a client is narrating the details of the case. Also, the two short stories written in third person and the two stories written by Sherlock Holmes are mostly narratives. The two styles may, at times, also be mixed together.
Society under the shoguns was violent rather than during the Heian period that was peaceful and focused on the arts.
'To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind.' -- John Watson, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' "I only caught a glimpse of her at the moment, but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' 'He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of THE woman.' -- John Watson, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' "I have been beaten four times - three times by men and once by a woman." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Five Orange Pips'
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is consulted by a young woman whose sister has recently died under strange circumstances in a locked room. Her dying words are "It was the band! The speckled band!"
Society under the shoguns was violent rather than during the Heian period that was peaceful and focused on the arts.
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a great detective and just individual altogether. He was thrown off the team however after he was arrested for the following; Drug Possession Driving Under the Influence and Planking in a McDonald's playplace in New York. He is frequently seen at Bieber concerts though in a wife beater and dress pants. Word on the street is that Sherlock Holmes is trying to become a detective again, as he secretly tries to solve Global Warming. That being said, a good mystery book is The Diary of Anne Frank --- Nobody knows where she is a hiding, that's the real mystery.
Arthur Holmes theory was that the mantle under goes thermal convection.
The reader is left to infer from the following conversation from 'The Valley of Fear' that Moriarty lived somewhere in London. Moriarty's younger brother lived in the West of England. INSPECTOR MacDONALD: '. . . I thought you told me once, Mr Holmes, that you had never met Professor Moriarty.' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'No, I never have.' INSPECTOR MacDONALD: 'Then how do you know about his rooms?' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'Ah, that's another matter. I have been three times in his rooms, twice waiting for him under different pretexts and leaving before he came. Once - well, I can hardly tell about the once to an official detective. It was on the last occasion that I took the liberty of running over his papers, with the most unexpected results.' INSPECTOR MacDONALD: 'You found something compromising?' SHERLOCK HOLMES: 'Absolutely nothing. That was what amazed me. However, you have now seen the point of the picture. It shows him to be a very wealthy man. How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station-master in the West of England. . . .'
Dr. Joseph Bell's connection to Sherlock Holmes is: while Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Dr. Bell was his university professor, and during his course Conan Doyle was allowed to watch and observe his appointments with his clients. So, even before his clients had sat down, Dr. Bell had already worked out their [his clients] past profession, what they had been doing and where they had been all from deducting the evidence from the little clues offered, subconsciously, by the client.
In 1890, Conan Doyle visited Vienna, Austria to study ophthalmology under renowned eye surgeon Dr. Carl Koller. This experience would later influence his writing, particularly his Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb."
Wikipedia has this information: "The 'Sherlock Holmes' name was derived from a pair of cricketers � however some early notes give his name as Sherrinford Holmes. "Holmes" was named after Oliver Wendell Holmes, whom Conan Doyle admired, and an English cricketer named Sherlock." Doyle mentioned he chose the name SHerlock Holmes from a dentist practicing in London at the time. Now I guess I'll have to find a citation.... *heavy sigh*