![]() ![]() ![]() Those stories have generated more than 25,000 books, stories, and articles written by a staggering array of authors who are famous, good, middling, bad, or unknown, according to Penzler. Lescroart and Anne Perry are among “Contemporary Victorians” who have turned their hands to the stories.ĭoyle’s first story, “A Study in Scarlet,” appeared in 1887 the last of 60 original stories, in 1927. ![]() Three stories in which Sherlock appears only in spirit are featured in “Holmesless.” Parody is the driving force in the 11 stories that appear in “You Think That’s Funny?” John T. “The Literature of Crimes” includes 13 stories by writers such as James M. Its introduction in the Contents states, “It seems that no author could resist writing parodies of Holmes and Watson - not even their creator.” “The Master,” for example, contains just two stories, both parodies written by Doyle. Penzler has grouped the stories into ten sections, each with a very simple introduction to “provide a little guidance through this massive tome.” Each story subsequently receives a more complete (nearly one page) introduction when it appears in the book. ![]() After noting an introduction by editor, Otto Penzler, and a brief essay on Sherlock Holmes’s death by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, the Contents get down to the business at hand: 83 stories about the great detective. The pleasure begins while reading the Contents of The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. ![]()
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