Sherlock Holmes is the best-known literary creation ever, perching on a pinnacle that allows him to look down on Hamlet, Oedipus, Quixote, and even James Bond. Since the Great Detective’s first appearance in 1887, he’s inspired a tidal wave of imitations. Writers have attempted to psychoanalyze him. They’ve had him battle Dracula and hunt down Jack the Ripper. Movies, television, and now cyberspace have offered versions of this colossal bloodhound, but his purest incarnation is on paper. Everyone knows what Holmes looks like, but there are some who haven’t actually read the stories.
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