It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” This case has the anomaly of having the involvement of Professor Moriarty, but being set before ‘The Final Problem’, in which Watson confesses to never having heard of Moriarty. The last novel in the Sherlock Holmes canon, The Valley of Fear deals with a band of outlaws looking to get even with the detective who had infiltrated their ranks and decimated them. “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself but talent instantly recognizes genius.” It’s all been done before, and will be again.” “The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up.
Having intended to kill off Sherlock Holmes in ‘The Final Problem’, Conan Doyle was flooded with letters from fans requesting that he bring their favorite detective back to life. “Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.” “I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.” It described a supposedly supernatural curse on the Baskervilles, and the ultimately human machination behind it. One of the most widely read and well-known stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon, The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third novel in the series. “That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.” “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” He was a college student at the time of the case, and encouraging remarks about his ability from the victim in the case led to Sherlock considering making a living as a detective. ‘The Adventure of the Gloria Scott ‘ is also notable as chronologically being the very first case where Sherlock Holmes used his methods to solve a crime. They are presented as Holmes describing the two cases, which took place before he met Watson, in the first person, with just a small introduction from Watson. Memoirs is notable for containing two stories, ‘The Adventure of the Gloria Scott ‘ and ‘The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual’, that are presented in the form of a story within a story. The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk.‘The Final Problem’, the last story in this collection, culminated in both Holmes and Moriarty falling down the Reichenbach Falls, presumably to their death.
This short story collection was actually supposed to be the end of Sherlock Holmes. “To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one’s powers than the other.”
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