Comparative essays on Sherlock Holmes Conan Doyle’s hero Sherlock Holmes was popular in Victorian and Edwardian society for many reasons. What in your opinion ,makes the stories “The Red Headed League ”and “The Speckled Band”exciting and successful ? Sherlock Holmes stories are some of the best detective stories ever written . They were written by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle (1850-1930) who was a medical doctor . “The Red Headed League” was published in 1891 and “The Speckled Band” was published in 1892 in a magazine called The Strand Magazine . “The Red Headed League” is about a mysterious organisation which Mr. Holmes’ client , Mr. Wilson was working for until it dissolved . Finally this strange league turns out to be simply a cover up to distract Mr . Wilson while the criminals dig a secret passage from his cellar intending to rob gold from the “City and Suburban Bank” . “ The Speckled Band” is about a cruel stepfather (Dr. Roylott) with an intention of murdering his step daughters to acquire their property. He succeeds in murdering his elder stepdaughter, Julia, in a mysterious way . When his younger stepdaughter, Helen, gets suspicious about everything as the mysterious circumstances repeated themselves she contacts Mr. Holmes in fear to help her to find out whether her sister’s death was a murder and if it was to find the murderer. Mr. Roylott then tried to use an Indian snake to murder Helen Stoner and during the climax the snake bit Mr . Roylott himself.The
- TOP CATEGORIES
- GCSE
- AS and A Level
- University Degree
- International Baccalaureate
- Uncategorised
- 5 Star Essays
- Study Tools
- Study Guides
- HELP
- FAQ
- Meet the Team