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Summary
Background
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
“The Red-Headed League”
“A Case of Identity”
“The Boscombe Valley Mystery”
“The Five Orange Pips”
“The Man with the Twisted Lip”
“The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”
“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
“The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”
“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor”
“The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”
“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
Character Analysis
Themes
Symbols & Motifs
Important Quotes
Essay Topics
Arthur Conan Doyle began writing during a period when Realism was prominent in European literature; this literary approach sought to depict the daily lives of ordinary people. To achieve this goal, writers presented what they believed to be a detailed and unembellished version of reality. Reacting to the preceding Romantic period, which focused on unusual or idealized people and events with a special focus on emotions and the subconscious, Realism aimed for accuracy based on observation of ordinary social life.
Realism as a technique has existed in various cultures in different periods. Realism as an artistic ideology was consciously embraced in Europe and North America in the mid-19th century. It differed from preceding cultural trends in its focus on the middle and lower classes and the negative aspects of everyday existence: poverty, disease, and crime. Many of the leading writers of the age, such as Gustave Flaubert in France, Charles Dickens in England, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Russia, produced socially-engaged works critiquing contemporary society.
In the United Kingdom, the realist period coincided with the Victorian era, which is known for its rigid social and gender norms, suppression of sexuality and the body, and valorization of order and logic.
By Arthur Conan Doyle
A Case Of Identity
A Case Of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow
His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle