Examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their adaptations, and also attending to t
Presents a critical analysis of the works of the British author, including his mysteries about Sherlock Holmes and his lesser-known short stories and novels.
Scholars studying the nineteenth century have well documented the critical indictment of writers perceived as immoral, such as sensation author Wilkie Collins a