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  Sherlock Holmes - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sherlock Holmes describes himself as a "consulting detective", an expert who is brought into cases that have proven too difficult for other investigators; we are told that he is often able to solve a problem without leaving his home.
However, Holmes is not at all a stuffy strait-laced Victorian gentleman; in fact, he describes himself and his habits as "Bohemian." He may suffer from bipolar disorder, alternating between days or weeks of listless lassitude and similar periods of intense engagement with a challenging case or with his hobby, experimental chemistry, "extreme exactness and astuteness...
Readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories have often been surprised to discover that their author, Conan Doyle, was a fervent believer in paranormal phenomena, and that the logical, sceptical character of Holmes was in opposition to his own in many ways.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes described himself as a "consulting detective," an expert brought into cases too difficult for other (typically official) investigators; we are told that he can often solve a problem without leaving his home.
Holmes is generally depicted in various media as wearing a deerstalker hat and cloak, smoking a pipe and clutching a magnifying glass.
Sherlock Holmes' abilities as both a good fighter and as an excellent logician have been a boon to other authors who have lifted his name, or details of his exploits, for their plots.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes   (7095 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes (9)
Holmes reappears and Watson faints in "The Adventure of the Empty House." Also wonderful are "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" and "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist."
The fourth of the Holmes novels, set in an eerie Sussex manor house.
In his last case, Holmes turns from detective to spy on the eve of World War I. This book also includes "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" and others.
www.fictional100.com /sherlock.html   (392 words)

  
 Sherlock Holmes International (English)
Shraddha Pai's "Oh, you don't know Sherlock Holmes yet!" - A very pleasant and unique fan page: includes a dedication to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and lots of content, such as a Sherlockian FAQ, exerpts from the Hounds of the Internet postings, and more.
Quotes by Sherlock - Well over 300 quotations from the Master indexed by subject by Les Moskowitz; Another (less extensive) collection of quotations can be found at the WWW Irregulars.
Sherlock Holmes International is the forum for the viewpoints of Sherlock Holmes's fans wordwide.
www.sherlock-holmes.org /english.htm   (1539 words)

  
 HC UK The Sherlock H Encyclo
RARE, SECOND HAND, OUT OF PRINT, BOOKS and PRINTS
A fascinating and comprehensive encyclopedia of 'Sherlockiana' including synopses of polts, full descriptions of characters, places, biographies; details of Holmes societies throughout the world and a full account of the television and film history of the ubiquitous Holmes throughout the last century.
will satisfy the curious and enlighten even the most dedicated Holmes fan.
www.murder-mystery.com /hcukthesherlockh.html   (63 words)

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