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Victorian · Detective fiction

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Arthur Conan Doyle examining reason, crime, modern city; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1892
Origin
Scotland / England
Era
Victorian
Genre
Detective fiction
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Arthur Conan Doyle examining reason, crime, modern city; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.