by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Detective Fiction · Ratiocination Detection · Crime and Punishment

Abstract

Eleven Sherlock Holmes stories from 1893-94, including the vanishing racehorse of ‘Silver Blaze’ and, in ‘The Final Problem,’ Holmes’s fatal confrontation with his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. The collection was intended by Doyle to end the Holmes series permanently.

Capitoli / Chapters

Readability (prose)29.3 Flesch ease14.7 FK grade17.2 Fog21% complex22.4 words/sent

Connections

Forms & Genres: Detective Fiction, Short Story Themes & Concepts: Ratiocination Detection, Crime and Punishment, Justice Right and Wrong, Friendship, Deception Motifs: City, Fog and Smoke, Letters and Writing, Journey Settings: London, Rural England Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, Professor Moriarty Archetypes: Detective, Villain

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