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Looking more closely, except for the novellas, A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear, the unadapted, weaker episodes could be found in the last three volumes of the Holmes’ books.Irene Adler is a retired American opera singer and actress who appears in " A Scandal in Bohemia". Although this is her only appearance, she is one of only a handful of people who best Holmes in a battle of wits, and the only woman. For this reason, Adler is the frequent subject of pastiche writing. [89] The beginning of the story describes the high regard in which Holmes holds her: Karlson, Katherine. "Irene Adler". The Official Conan Doyle Estate Ltd . Retrieved 27 December 2019. Until Watson's arrival at Baker Street, Holmes largely worked alone, only occasionally employing agents from the city's underclass. These agents included a variety of informants, such as Langdale Pike, a "human book of reference upon all matters of social scandal", [135] and Shinwell Johnson, who acted as Holmes's "agent in the huge criminal underworld of London". [136] The best known of Holmes's agents are a group of street children he called "the Baker Street Irregulars". [137] [138] Combat British Army (Adams) Mark III, the type probably carried by Watson Pistols Santander: who was Abbey's most famous customer?". The Telegraph. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 18 February 2020.

Thompson, Sam (26 February 2005). "Review: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 26 December 2019. The Mystery of Baritsu". The Bartitsu Society. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018 . Retrieved 27 December 2019. Holmes is, in a nutshell, single-minded in his detection. In that respect, it makes sense that all emotions, particularly love, are abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind. He's basically an instrument for finding out criminal stuff. I actually appreciated this, since Doyle didn't risk all the soap opera-ish entanglements that make long-running serials hard to follow without a map. He conceived each of his stories as both united by Holmes' character, and yet still potentially interesting to people who had never read any other of his stories.I have no idea how I let myself get so long in the tooth before finally settling down and reading this collection. Suffice to say I am glad I finally came to my senses. Holmes's friendship with Watson is his most significant relationship. When Watson is injured by a bullet, although the wound turns out to be "quite superficial", Watson is moved by Holmes's reaction: Smith, Jonathan (1994). Fact and feeling: Baconian science and the nineteenth-century literary imagination. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p.214. ISBN 978-0-299-14354-1. Schwartz, Roy (20 May 2022). "Opinion: The fictional character who changed the science of solving crime". CNN . Retrieved 21 May 2022. Trow, M.J. "The Lestrade Series". M. J. Trow, Author and Lecturer. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2019.