The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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First book edition from 1893

The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes , published in 1893 under the original English title The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes , is the second collection of detective stories about Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . In all of the stories in the volume, as in almost all of the other Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes' friend Dr. Watson as the first-person narrator .

What is extraordinary about the collection of stories is that it contains both Sherlock Holmes' first case (The 'Gloria Scott'), which is told in flashbacks, and his - according to Doyle's planning at the time - his last case ( The Last Problem ), which involves a sad one Obituary for the great detective ends. The stories also contain details from Sherlock Holmes' private life, such as his relationship with his brother Mycroft or his cocaine use .

The short story "The Cardboard Box", which appeared in Strand Magazine in January 1893 , fell victim to Doyle's self-censorship due to its adultery issue and was not part of the volume. However, the author saved the Holmes' cabinet piece from the beginning of this story into the book by simply incorporating it into the episode "The Resident Patient".

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  • Silberstern (OT: Silver Blaze, December 1892)
  • The Yellow Face (OT: The Yellow Face, February 1893)
  • The stockbroker's clerk (OT: The Stock Broker's Clerk, March 1893);
  • The 'Gloria Scott' (OT .: The Gloria Scott, April 1893)
  • The Musgrave Ritual (OT: The Musgrave Ritual, May 1893)
  • The Reigate Junkers (OT: The Reigate Puzzle, June 1893)
  • The Crooked Man (OT: The Crooked Man, July 1893)
  • The permanent patient [also: The resident patient] (OT: The Resident Patient, August 1893)
  • The Greek Interpreter (OT: The Greek Interpreter, September 1893)
  • The Naval Treaty [also: The Naval Treaty] (OT: The Naval Treaty, October / November 1893)
  • The Final Problem (OT: The Final Problem, December 1893)

Silver Blaze

(December 1892)

Holmes and Watson travel to Dartmoor . The horse trainer John Straker was murdered in the King's Pyland training stable and the top gallop Silberstern (Silver Blaze) has disappeared without a trace. Straker was found in a depression, his head was shattered and next to him was a strange knife that Watson identified as a scalpel . The stable boy who was on watch that night was drugged with opium . At first, a young man named Fitzroy Simpson is suspected of trying to grease the stable boy hours before the murder to get inside information about the horse. However, Holmes is on a different path.

He follows the hoof tracks of the missing horse and tracks it down in the nearby stable of trainer Silas Brown. His employer also trains gallopers, but currently does not have such a high-flyer as Silberstern. Holmes initially leaves the horse with Brown and does not tell his client that he has found it again. The client, Silberstern's owner, has repeatedly expressed derogatory comments about Holmes' abilities, which leads Holmes to play a trick on him.

The big race takes place a few days later. A mighty bay wins crystal clear, and Silberstern's jockey sits in the saddle . But Holmes client is furious: It can't be his horse, the white badge on his forehead that gives it its name is missing. Holmes advises him to wash the horse's head with alcohol, because of course it is the camouflaged silver star.

The competitor Silas Brown picked him up on the night of the crime and took him away. But he did not kill the trainer Straker. That was Silberstern himself, whose hoof hit the trainer unhappily on the head. "Perhaps it will lessen his guilt when I tell you that he acted in self-defense," explains Holmes Silberstern's astonished owner.

Because on the basis of a bill in the dead Straker's pocket, Holmes had found out: The coach led a double life - in luxury that he could not afford. He wanted to make money with lucrative bets against his own horse. To rule out that Silberstern won, he wanted to cut a tendon on his hind leg. So he drugged the stable boy himself, pocketed the scalpel, and led Silberstern from the yard. But the horse, feeling the danger, struck out and hit him fatally. After that it went through and was found by Silas Brown. This will not be punished for it.

Trivia: The Holmes quote from this story "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" was the title of a novel a few years ago in which an autistic boy killed one Educates the dog.

The yellow face

(February 1893)

Holmes and Watson have a visitor, Grant Munro, who asks Holmes for help with a private matter. He fears that his wife Effie is keeping a bad secret from him and doesn't want to rest until he finds out: Munro married his wife three years ago. She is a widow and only returned a few years ago from America, where she had lived since childhood. She got married in America too, but her husband and child died from yellow fever disease. After the death of her husband and child, she moved to England to live with an aunt in Middlesex, where Munro met and fell in love with her. The couple lived very happily in Norbury so far and had a trusting relationship with one another.

Six weeks ago Effie came to Munro and wanted 100 pounds of money from her husband, but did not want to say anything about the matter. Last Monday, new neighbors moved into the previously vacant country house near the Munros residence. Munro watched the entrance and saw a sinister face in one of the upper windows: the face was very rigid and of a pale yellow color. Munro wanted to take a closer look at the new tenants of the house, but he was immediately sent away by a woman at the door. However, he found out that his wife, Effie, was in secret contact with the mysterious neighbors, but was unable to get her to reveal their secret, which eventually ended in an argument.

Holmes and Watson agree with Munro that if he continues to observe suspicious activity in the neighboring house, which he does the next day, he will go home to Norbury first and wire them. Holmes suspects Munro's wife, Effie, is being blackmailed. He thinks that Effie's husband is not really dead, but that Effie fled from him. He must have found out her whereabouts and is now threatening her. According to Holmes, the 100 pounds were intended to silence him, but it did not succeed. Now he's probably in the next house, and Effie is busy getting rid of the unloved neighborhood.

When Holmes and Watson arrive in Norbury, they go to the neighboring house and gain entry there. The secret is finally revealed: the yellow face belongs to a little black girl and is actually a mask behind which she hides her face. Effie now confesses her story: She was happily married to an African American. Her husband died of the yellow fever, but her child did not. At first she came to England without her daughter because she did not want to expose her to the arduous journey. When she met Munro in England and got married, she was afraid to tell him about the child. When her longing for her daughter became overwhelming, she used the 100 pounds to bring the child to England with a nurse. The mask should be worn by the child so that the rumor would not spread in the neighborhood that a black child lived here.

After the story is resolved, Munro, contrary to expectations, reacts extremely understandingly, which settles the dispute between the couple. Holmes and Watson make their way back to London. In the evening, Holmes asks Watson to whisper the word "Norbury" in his ear at the next opportunity, when he is again processing a case too poorly.

The stockbroker's clerk

(March 1893)

Holmes and Watson are asked for help by a young office worker, Hall Pycroft. A few days ago he was mysteriously persuaded by a man, Arthur Pinner, not to start his new job with a stockbroker in London, Mawson and Williams. He is also not supposed to cancel, but instead to work at Pinner's company in Birmingham. Since the salary at Pinners firm in Birmingham is much higher than the salary at Mawson and Williams in London, Pycroft takes it. However, his suspicion is aroused when he realizes that the company in Birmingham is actually just a few almost empty offices. His only contacts are Arthur Pinner in London, the owner of the firm who recruited him, and his brother Harry Pinner in Birmingham, who meets him in the office at scheduled times and gives him work instructions. Pycroft discovers that alleged brother Harry Pinner is actually just Arthur Pinner, who dressed up in Birmingham. This moves Pycroft to go to London and seek advice from Holmes.

Holmes and Watson accompany Pycroft to Birmingham to the offices of the alleged company, where they find "Harry Pinner" reading the newspaper. He holds it out at first, but then disappears into the next room. When he does not reappear and strange knocking noises can be heard, Holmes and Watson break open the door and find the man hanged, but can barely save him.

Pinner now confesses his story: he actually has a brother and both are professional robbers. His job was to keep Pycroft from starting his job by luring him to Birmingham and keeping him busy. In the meantime, his brother was busy taking Pycroft's place and spying on the company's security measures for its securities. After a few days as "Pycroft", the brother finally carried out a robbery on the company. However, he was seen trying to escape and was eventually arrested. Pinner had just found out about it from the newspaper when Pycroft arrived with Holmes and Watson and was about to hang himself.

The 'Gloria Scott'

(April 1893)

In The Gloria Scott , Sherlock Holmes tells his first case. He discovered it when he showed Watson a letter, the contents of which were apparently harmless and meaningless. Yet once it was enough to scare an old man to death.

The story: Victor Trevor, a fellow student and Holmes' only college friend, invites Holmes to visit Norfolk . Trevor's father challenges Holmes, whose methods he has heard, to tell him what he can deduce about him. Holmes finds u. a. found out that Trevor Sr. is associated with someone with the symbol YES. After Holmes sets out his conclusions, the old man goes weak. From then on he is deeply suspicious of Holmes.

Holmes therefore breaks off his vacation and returns to London. Before that he meets a new visitor, a Mr. Hudson, who was a shipmate of old Trevor about thirty years ago and is now asking him for a job.

Some time later in London, Holmes received a letter in which Victor reported that his father had suffered a stroke when he received a mysterious letter. Holmes travels to Norfolk again , but old Trevor dies shortly before his arrival. His son blames Hudson for his father's death. Hudson had behaved impossible in his employment and was often drunk - yet the father did not fire him and even showed himself submissive. After all, Hudson left the house of his own accord and moved on to another old shipmate named Beddoes.

Holmes and Victor find a box with old Trevor's papers. A document contained therein reveals that old Trevor's real name was James Armitage (JA). As a young man he had been sentenced for embezzlement for deportation to Australia . On the crossing with the barque Gloria Scott , he took part in a riot in which the prisoners took over the ship. Hudson, who survived as one of the few members of the crew, threatened to expose the pasts of the now respected citizens Trevor and Beddoes. After Hudson moved on to Beddoes, Trevor wrote an encrypted letter. The message read, "The game is over. Hudson's betrayed everything. Run for your life." In order to remain inconspicuous, Beddoes filled the spaces between the words with other terms at random.

It remains unclear whether Hudson actually revealed everything. According to Holmes, Beddoes may have overreacted. Neither will ever be seen again.

The Musgrave ritual

(May 1893)

Because Watson urges him to clean up, Holmes digs out a box of mementos from old cases to distract the doctor. These include souvenirs of the Musgrave ritual, a case from Holmes' early days in London when he was still living alone on Montague Street.

One day an old fellow student, Reginald Musgrave, visits him there. Musgrave is of ancient nobility and the owner of the Hurlstone mansion. He recently fired his longtime butler, Brunton, for illegally rummaging through an old family document. To hide the shame of being expelled, Brunton asked for a reprieve, which he was given.

But now Brunton has disappeared without a trace for days, and a little later the housemaid Rachel Howells, his former lover, also disappeared. Her employer had asked her where the butler was. She then yelled that he was "gone" and became hysterical. Now she is also missing.

Holmes realizes that the document the butler rummaged through must be important - important enough to risk his job for it. It is the text of an ancient ritual that every musgrave has had to recite for centuries when they come of age. Since it is mostly just step-by-step instructions, no one has ever attached greater importance to it.

In the manor's park, Holmes manages to find the right points and walk the specified route. She leads him into an old cellar. There, in a secret room closed by a heavy stone, Holmes and Musgrave find the dead butler. Beside him is a box with discolored metal discs and a dented, lackluster diadem .

Holmes explains to the astonished Musgrave that this is nothing less than the old crown of England. Musgrave's ancestors in the 17th century were loyal servants of King Charles I and after his execution hid the crown to give to his successor. The Musgraves recorded the location in the harmless-looking ritual text, but its meaning was forgotten - until the butler deciphered it.

Holmes reconstructs the rest: Brunton needed help to move the heavy stone. For this he got his former lover. However, when he was in the chamber, the stone fell back (whether by accident or on purpose) and locked him in. He suffocated. However, his accomplice remains missing.

The Reigate Junkers

(June 1893)

Illustration by Sidney Paget to The Junkers of Reigate

Shortly before this case, Holmes fell ill from overwork. Reluctantly, he goes to the country with Watson for a while to relax. But there is excitement in the area: the old Acton (a county magnate) was broken into. The strange thing is that nothing valuable was stolen. Holmes shows interest, but the worried doctor can hold him back.

The next morning, however, Holmes' help is officially requested: This time the rich Cunninghams were broken into and the coachman William Kirwan is dead. In the dead man's hand, Holmes finds a note with an appointment - but a corner is missing. The killer must have torn it off.

Holmes exposes contradictions in the statements of father and son Cunningham. In order to produce the final proof, he secretly searches the son's dressing gown pockets. In it he finds the torn corner of the note. But the Cunninghams followed him; they fall on Holmes and almost strangle him. At the last minute, Watson and the police can intervene.

Soon after, Holmes is fit enough to present his conclusions. Father and son Cunningham murdered their coachman. The motive: William Kirwan had blackmailed her. The driver found out that his masters had broken into old Acton. They had been in litigation with Acton and were about to lose it. They hoped to get important documents through the break-in. Your driver had found out. They pretended to comply with his demands, but then lured him into a trap with the note and murdered him.

The overgrown

(July 1893)

In "Der Verwachsene" (also "The Hunchback") Sherlock Holmes is supposed to solve the murder of Colonel James Barclay. He was found dead in his fireplace room, his face twisted by horror. Next to him lay his unconscious wife. She is suspected but cannot be questioned because of the persistent illness.

Holmes soon finds out: Mrs. Barclay had gone out with a friend that night. Before she had said goodbye to her husband lovingly, but when she returned she evidently harbored different feelings: She went into a room he was sure not to be in, and when he went to see her there both immediately got into a heated argument. The maid reports. Mrs. Barclay is said to have called "David" several times, which Holmes puzzles, since the Colonel's name was James. Holmes finds out that a third party must have been in the room at the time of the crime. In the garden and in the paw room he finds footprints of a person and of a weasel-like animal.

He is certain that something must have happened during the outing that night that changed Mrs Barclays' feelings for her husband after decades of marriage. So he seeks out the friend who was with Mrs. Barclay at that time. She says that they both met a crippled man on the street that night and that Mrs. Barclay and that man recognized each other immediately. They also spoke for a moment alone.

Holmes tracks down the cripple in his apartment and confronts him with his knowledge. The man, Henry Wood, then tells his story: Decades ago he was a soldier in India in the same regiment as Barclay. They both loved the same girl - Mrs. Barclay, who was then Nancy Devoy. When Wood embarked on a risky mission, Barclay delivered him into the hands of the enemy. So the rival was eliminated. Wood fell into long captivity and slavery, which ruined his health.

He did not want revenge, but wanted to see England again before his death. He earned his living by appearing in soldiers' bars, where he showed the animal whose footprints Holmes found in the Tatzimmer. On the night of the crime he happened to meet Mrs. Barclay, who recognized him immediately, and told her the real story. He followed her home, disturbed. Through a window he witnessed the quarrel between the couple. At the sight of him, the Colonel suffered a stroke in horror and guilt and fell dead to the ground.

In the end, Dr. Watson to speak again to the mysterious "David" calls. Holmes muses that that alone should have revealed the solution to him. He advises Watson to look up the story of Uriah and Bathsheba in the Bible . It tells how King David also eliminated a rival by handing him over to the enemy.

The police will never know the true background of the case: the inquest gives death from stroke , and the investigators are content.

The permanent patient [also: The resident patient] (OT: The Resident Patient)

(August 1893) Holmes and Watson receive a visit from Dr. Percy Trewelyan, a young specialist in nervous diseases . Before he tells his story, he describes his career: Glorious university career, but too poor to set up a respectable professional practice. One day a Mr. Blessington showed up and made him a lucrative offer: assuming all costs for a share of the profits of the practice. Trewelyan consented; from then on both men lived in one house and Blessington became his permanent patient.

Trewelyan is now looking for Holmes at Blessington's request: his patient has been extremely nervous since a few small break-ins in the area. It has been particularly bad since he began to believe that strangers entered his room in his absence. It is possible that a Russian father-son team is behind it, which Dr. Trewelyans sought medical help.

Holmes and Watson drive home with the doctor, where Blessington has holed himself up in his room with a gun and is obviously almost mad with fear. He claims to be afraid for his savings, which he supposedly keeps in the room. Holmes immediately exposes this as a lie ("I can tell a man if it is his own skin that he fears for."). But since Blessington does not want to tell the truth, Holmes and Watson leave without having achieved anything.

The next morning a telegram arrives from Dr. Trewelyan, who immediately calls back: Blessington was found hanged in his bedroom. The police suspect suicide. After a thorough investigation into the crime scene, however, Holmes is certain that it was murder. The alleged Russian father and son were former Blessington accomplices in a fatal robbery. The whole gang ended up in jail or on the gallows - only Blessington (real name Sutton) went unpunished for extraditing his accomplices. After serving their sentence, the surviving gang members have now taken revenge on him. The remaining gang members and thus the perpetrators probably died on the crossing on the Portuguese coast from the sinking of the steamer "Nora Creina".

The original beginning of this story, which was replaced in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" by the beginning of "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", read in Strand Magazine as follows:

I cannot be sure of the exact date, for some of my memoranda upon the matter have been mislaid, but it must have been towards the end of the first year during which Holmes and I shared chambers in Baker Street. It was boisterous October weather, and we had both remained indoors all day, I because I feared with my shaken health to face the keen autumn wind, while he was deep in some of those abstruse chemical investigations which absorbed him utterly as long as he was engaged upon them. Towards evening, however, the breaking of a test tube brought his research to a premature ending, and he sprang up from his chair with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded brow. "A day's work ruined, Watson," said he, striding across to the window. "Ha! The stars are out and the wind has fallen. What do you say to a ramble through London? "

Translation:

I can't date it precisely, having misplaced some of my notes on the matter, but it must have been towards the end of the first year that Holmes and I shared the premises on Baker Street. The weather in October was stormy and we had both stayed at home all day, I because I didn't want to expose my poor health to the fierce autumn winds while he was engrossed in some of those bizarre chemical tests which were extremely stressful when he was was busy with them. Towards evening, however, the breaking of a test tube brought his research to an early end, and with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded forehead, he jumped from his chair. "Ruined a day's work, Watson," he said as he walked to the window. "Ha! The stars are out and the wind has died down. What do you think of a stroll through London? "

The Greek interpreter

(September 1893)

Mr. Melas is an interpreter for many languages, but his mother tongue is Greek. An elegant young man has made use of his services, but there is something fishy about the matter: Melas is not allowed to know where the house he is supposed to be interpreting is and is even intimidated by showing a manslaughter. In the house Melas meets two other men: an Englishman and an emaciated Greek whose face is covered with adhesive plaster. He should negotiate with the Greek and get him to sign certain papers. Despite a trick, Melas cannot find out what exactly it is about. During the conversation, a young Greek woman bursts into the room and seems to recognize the man despite the plaster. But she is immediately taken away by the English men.

Back home, Melas worries and seeks advice from Sherlock Holmes' brother, Mycroft, who is his neighbor. Mycroft Holmes has special skills in solving criminal cases, but is too convenient to use, according to Sherlock. But since Sherlock and Dr. Watson are visiting Mycroft, they can take over the case.

A Mycroft newspaper ad warned the criminals, however, and Mr. Melas is kidnapped a second time. Sherlock Holmes manages to track down the mysterious house. He gains entry through a window, with his brother, Dr. Watson and a Scotland Yard policeman. On the first floor you will find Mr. Melas and the Greek man in a locked room. Both were abused, handcuffed and then left in the poisonous smoke of a coal fire. Any help comes too late for the Greek, but Melas can be contacted by Dr. Watson still to be saved.

He tells how the gang kidnapped him a second time and how he was supposed to negotiate again (this time with open death threats against the Greek, who nevertheless refused). Since threats did nothing, the two perpetrators resorted to violence. The papers to be signed were an inheritance waiver. The Greek was the brother of the woman who had come into the room the first time. She got involved with one of the perpetrators. The brother had come from Athens to help her, but was then overwhelmed by the gang.

The perpetrators have fled and the case initially remains unpunished. It was not until months later that Holmes and Watson read in the newspaper about a double murder, the victims of which, according to the description, could be the wanted. Names are not given, but Holmes is convinced that the Greek's missing sister "knows how the crime committed to her and her brother was avenged."

The Navy Agreement [also: The Fleet Agreement]

(October / November 1893)

In “The Naval Agreement”, Sherlock Holmes has to find an important document for the government. It was taken from the office of Percy Phelps, a former schoolmate of Dr. Watson, stolen. Looking for help, Phelps turns to his old schoolmate, who in turn asks his friend Sherlock Holmes for help.

Phelps was commissioned by his uncle, a high-ranking lord in the State Department, to copy a highly classified document by hand. This went on until late in the evening and Phelps grew tired. For coffee he went to the porter and left the document on his desk. Suddenly a bell rings in the porter's lodge - the one connected to his office. Someone must have got in there. Phelps and the gatekeeper race up the stairs. Although the journey is short, the office is deserted when they arrive - and the contract is gone. The thief must have taken the second exit.

Phelps and the porter try to find a lead themselves, but their efforts lead to nothing. When Phelps realizes the extent of the disaster, he has a nervous breakdown. He is shipped home, where the room of his future brother-in-law, Joseph Harrison, is quickly converted into a hospital room. Phelps remained seriously ill for several weeks and had to be looked after around the clock. One night someone tries to break into the hospital room. But Phelps wakes up and the burglar disappears undetected.

It soon becomes clear to Holmes who the culprit is in both cases. While he sends Phelps and Watson to London, he stays there overnight and prepares a trap.

The next morning he comes home exhausted and injured, but in a good mood. With his penchant for dramatic effects, he almost caused a second attack on Phelps by serving him the stolen document for breakfast. After the patient has calmed down, Holmes can explain: Nobody was interested in hiding the document. It should have been sold long ago - but that hadn't happened. The only explanation: the thief could not come closer. All evidence points to Joseph Harrison, Phelps' future brother-in-law. He wanted to pick up Phelps from work that evening, found the office empty, rang the doorbell and at the same time saw the valuable document. He took it, disappeared again and hid it in his room at home. A short time later, however, the sick Phelps and the nurse were quartered there, and the room was from then on guarded 24 hours a day. No more chance for the thief to sell the loot.

The last problem

(December 1893)

In “The Last Problem”, Sherlock Holmes wants to capture Professor Moriarty , the most intelligent criminal in Europe.

Holmes has been investigating Moriarty, the head of a criminal syndicate, for months. He is hard on his heels - in a few days the whole gang including the boss should be exposed. But Moriarty has announced that he will destroy Holmes if he does not leave him alone. Holmes realizes how serious these threats are: within 24 hours, he is murdered three times and his apartment is set on fire. To get to safety, he travels with Watson on winding paths to Switzerland, where they go hiking for a week.

Then a telegram comes from England: The majority of Moriarty's accomplices have been linked to the police. Only the professor himself could escape.

In the meantime, Holmes and Watson have reached Meiringen , from where they want to hike past the Reichenbach Falls to Rosenlaui. At the waterfall, a messenger brings a telegram for Watson, who urgently calls him back to Meiringen. The friends split up.

Back in town, Watson finds out the telegram was a hoax. He hurries back, but finds only Holmes' stick and cigarette case at the waterfall. There is a message in it from Holmes: Moriarty has caught up with him and they are preparing for the final fight. Holmes is sure he will die.

Watson examines the ground: there are battle marks, and two pairs of footprints lead to the abyss, and none from there. Watson is therefore certain that Holmes and Moriarty crashed together. However, the two bodies are not found.

Position in literary history

Classification in the work of the author

Conan Doyle wrote the short stories in 1892/1893 for The Strand magazine . They were published in one volume in 1893 under the title The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes .

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second collection of short stories about Sherlock Holmes, the first on the successful collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) followed (dt. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ). The first twelve short stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were so successful that audiences craved for more. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes should be the last Holmes stories according to Conan Doyle's will, which is why he let his character Sherlock Holmes die in The Final Problem , the last short story. The great demand for Holmes stories led his publisher Newnes to persuade Conan Doyle to write more stories. So in 1902 the Novellas such as The Hound of the Baskervilles (Eng. The dog of the Baskervilles ) appeared, the plot of which is before The Final Problem . In The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) (dt. The return of Sherlock Holmes ) Conan Doyle let his hero rise again.

Position in literary history

With the Sherlock Holmes short stories, Conan Doyle takes up the tradition of detective stories, which u. a. was founded by Edgar Allan Poe . The popularity of detective literature reached its first peak between 1890 and 1910. Dupin by Edgar Allan Poe, Sergeant Huff by Wilkie Collins and Inspector Lecoq by Émile Gaboriau are named as direct models for the character of Sherlock Holmes .

reception

The short stories were very successful when they were published.

The character of Sherlock Holmes as well as the short stories and novels with him as the main character have inspired a multitude of radio plays, film adaptations and games. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes were adapted along with the other short stories and novels of the Sherlock Holmes canon by BBC Radio 4 1991-1992 for the radio. Six of the short stories (including The Cardboard Box ) were filmed for BBC television in 1994 under the title The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes .

literature

Text output

English first edition

  • Arthur Conan Doyle: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes . London 1893. (first edition)

Translations into German

  • Arthur Conan Doyle: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New over. by Nikolaus Stingl. Haffmans, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-251-201050 .
  • same translation (new edition): Kein und Aber, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0369-5148-2 .
  • Same translation (paperback): island paperback no.3318, 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-35018-7 .
  • Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes Collected Works. Hardcover (translators: Adolf Gleiner, Margarete Jacobi, Louis Ottmann, Rudolf Lautenbach). Anaconda-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86647850-3 .
  • Arthur Conan Doyle: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New over. by Henning Ahrens. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03561-8 .

Secondary literature

  • Paul G. Buchloh, Jens P. Becker: The detective novel , 2nd edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1978, ISBN 3-534-05379-6 .

Web links

Wikisource: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes  - Sources and full texts (English)
Commons : The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephen Knight: Crime Fiction since 1800. Detection, Death, Diversity , 2nd edition. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-58074-9 , pp. 58-60.
  2. ^ Paul Gerhard Buchloh , Jens P. Becker: The detective novel , 2nd edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1978, ISBN 3-534-05379-6 , p. 57.
  3. ^ Paul G. Buchloh, Jens P. Becker: The detective novel , 2nd edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1978, ISBN 3-534-05379-6 , p. 61.
  4. ↑ Stephen Knight: Crime Fiction since 1800. Detection, Death, Diversity , 2nd edition. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-58074-9 , pp. 58-60.
  5. ↑ Bert Coules: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes . The BBC complete audio Sherlock Holmes. Last accessed on August 17, 2019.
  6. ^ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes . In: Internet Movie Database , last accessed on August 17, 2019.