Sherlock Holmes

The fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was heroic, in the sense of solving crimes and helping to bring criminals to justice, which is a nice thing to do; this helps people and helps society in general. Whether Holmes would have been described as having a nice personality is another matter. Most people would probably judge him to be overly pedantic and egotistical to be considered nice. Humility is nicer.

Baker Street, ne-ce pas?

Baker Street Station is never mentioned by name in the stories.

The cabinet photograph that the King of Bohemia originally wanted Sherlock Holmes to recover remained with Irene Norton nee Adler; however, Holmes, Watson, and the king found a substitute photo in its hiding place, which Holmes kept, and there was a letter addressed to Holmes.

In The Return of Sherlock Holmes we are told that he " has some knowledge... of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling."

Stapleton needed the scent from an old boot to lure his hound

Oh this is a saddd question!! Irene Adler was the only woman ever to escape Sherlock Holmes. Holmes held a much greater and deeper respect for women after that. And he always referred to her as "the woman". You'll hear a lot and I mean a LOT of rumors about some chemistry/romance between the two....but believe me, it is not not not NOTtrue!!! There was never anything between them. Sherlock Holmes was never interested in women and he laughed at romance.

In the Sherlock Holmes novel, "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Dr. Watson describes the character of Mr. Frankland (the father of Laura Lyons) as "Frankland the crank." Dr. Watson also describes Frankland's character as one who "fights for the mere pleasure of fighting."

"[The assistant] was doing something in the cellar - something which took many hours a day for months on end. What could it be, once more? I could think of nothing save that he was running a tunnel to some other building. . . . I surprised you by beating upon the pavement with my stick. I was ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind. It was '''''not''''' in front." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Red-Headed League'

Vincent Spaulding exhibits several suspicious behaviors that suggest he may be involved in criminal activities. He has a peculiar interest in the safe belonging to Mr. Wilson, frequently asking about it and making excuses to linger around the shop. Additionally, his odd job as a "night porter" at a local hotel raises eyebrows, as it seems to be an unusual occupation for someone with his demeanor. The combination of these factors, along with his secretive nature, points to a potential connection to criminal behavior.

Through my reading of the story , the crime that happened is theft. Clay tried to rob the Suburban Bank via Mr. Wilson's pawnshop.

Inspector G. Lestrade, Tobias Gregson, Stanley Hopkins, Bradstreet, Bardle, Barton, Baynes, Sgt. Coventry, Edmunds, Forbes, Forrester, Gregory, Hill, Athelney Jones, Peter Jones, Lanner, Alec Macdonald, MacKinnon, Martin, Montgomery, Morton, Patterson, and Youghal.

The first four are on multiple cases while some are not with Scotland Yard, but they are in the far flung English constabularies. There are also some cases where the inspector is unnamed.

Helen Stoner is Holmes's client in the story "The Speckled Band". Her sister Julia died two years before the story takes place, after hearing a noise like a softly whistling kettle. Helen now occupies Julia's bedroom, and she hears that noise. She is understandably frightened. A friend of hers was a former client of Sherlock Holmes, so Helen goes to London to seek his help.

Helen Stoner is a beautiful, smart, classic Victorian women as she is represented as a delicate flower and depends on men to stand up for her.

"She raised her [heavy, black] veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation, her face all drawn and grey, with restless, frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal. Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature grey, and her expression was weary and haggard." -- John H. Watson, MD

P.S.: To avoid confusion, Julia Stoner is Helen Stoner's deceased twin sister.

No, Sherlock Holmes faked his own death, and then he was brought back in an additionalthirty-two short stories and two novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In my opinion, Sherlock died of old age even though he was a beekeeper in retirement.

Conan Doyle never says

Fulfilled - maybe, maybe not. He certainly built a reputation and benefited financially from Holmes`existence, but the fact that he tried to kill him off at Reichenbach Falls because he wanted to concentrate on his historical novels indicates that he had grown weary of Holmes and his cases.

he is not going to worry about it

"And also with the result of causing it to turn upon its master at the other side. Some of the blows of my cane came home, and roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience."

yes he smokes about 10 pounds of weed every morning

Dark hair, Scheming, Tall, Not a brother to 'Mrs. Stapleton'

Hyperbole, Alliteration/Assonance, Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Allusion, Personification, Sensory details

Sherlock Holmes never married. But he was certainly respectful of Irene Adler's abilities and admired her. Holmes "never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer." Holmes preferred a life of pure intellect, devoid of emotion. As to Irene Adler -- the only woman to beat Holmes -- he would never use her name and referred to her only as "The woman". She married Godfrey Norton with Holmes in disguise as a witness.in the second movie "the game of shadows" she dies as professor James kills her when he thinks that she can be of no use to him

The Times (London) though he often read the Daily Telegraph or the Standard among many others.

The editors were also the original publishers of the stories. The first two novellas were published by Wark, Locke, and Company and Lippincott's Magazine, respectively. For the later stories, there was often one in the UK and one in the US. In the UK, The Strand Magazine edited one version while various magazines edited another version of the stories in the US.

Kitty Wells