6/10/2023 0 Comments The adventure of the empty house![]() ![]() Wisely, Conan Doyle decided to keep Holmes and Watson in the Victorian age.Ĭhildren of a peer, male or female, would have "The Honourable" placed before their names. In October 1903, "The Empty House" marked the definitive return of the master detective.Įvents portrayed in "The Final Problem" take place in 1891, while "The Empty House" takes place only three years later, in 1894. Conan Doyle was not convinced to truly resurrect Holmes until two years later. In 1901, The Strand ran a new Holmes serial, the nine-part Hound of the Baskervilles. Over 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions to The Strand Magazine, whose staff referred to Holmes's death as "the dreadful event." Arthur Conan Doyle had tired of his most popular creation, and was occupied with his first wife, who was gravely ill with tuberculosis. As they read "The Final Problem," readers were outraged to discover that their beloved character had apparently died while struggling with his nemesis Moriarty at the edge of a cliff. In December 1893, "The Final Problem" appeared in The Strand Magazine, signaling the start of eight long years without a new Holmes story. ![]() An illustration from Collier's Weekly, February, 1904 ![]()
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