The first and fourth novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear, each include a long interval of omniscient narration recounting events unknown to either Holmes or Watson. In two stories (" The Musgrave Ritual" and " The Gloria Scott"), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, while Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. Watson two are narrated by Holmes himself (" The Blanched Soldier" and " The Lion's Mane") and two others are written in the third person (" The Mazarin Stone" and " His Last Bow"). The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1914.Īll but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr.
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The character grew tremendously in popularity with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with " A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891 further series of short stories and two novels published in serial form appeared between then and 1927. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. It centers around the titular character, a London-based "consulting detective" who's abilities border on the fantastic.
The Sherlock Holmes franchise is a best-selling series created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
For other uses, see Sherlock Holmes (disambiguation).