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A Case of Identity
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Artwork Size: 12cm (w) x 18cm (h)
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It is no secret we come to the stories and character of Sherlock Holmes in part for mystery and excitement. The forensic crime drama, one of TV’s most popular and lucrative genres, owes much to Sherlock Holmes for forming its audience. But Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock stories endure, especially for us today, for their treatment of friendship, work, and loneliness.
The Sherlock Holmes mystery stories, written over a forty-year span from 1887 to 1927, represented the good, the bad, and the ugly of Victorian society: its ideals, its accomplishments, and its deepest fears. Arthur Conan Doyle's birth year, 1859, fell 22 years into Queen Victoria's 64-year reign, a time of unparalleled growth and optimism for the British Empire.
