Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes
"Slop shops," "scissorizing," "agony aunts," and "foolscap"
These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes tales. Everyday words and phrases to the Victorian may have modern day readers running to references books. These twenty-four short essaysexplain and explore various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s stories, providing modern-day insig...
"Slop shops," "scissorizing," "agony aunts," and "foolscap"
These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes tales. Everyday words and phrases to the Victorian may have modern day readers running to references books. These twenty-four short essaysexplain and explore various aspects of life mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s stories, providing modern-day insig...
