Sherlockian.Net: The Blue Carbuncle

Basic information

Abbreviation (J. F. Christ, 1947): BLUE
Word length (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 7,879
First published: Strand Magazine, January 1892

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    Links of interest

  • Text with sentences inverted
  • Stick figure animation: The Bloo Sparkly
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  • "Christmas Is Afoot in Baker Street"
  • Christmas goose recipe
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  • 'Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Garfunkel'

    Redmond's Delicate Question

    If Sherlock Holmes is sufficiently cold-blooded to refer to a mugging as a "whimsical little incident" at the beginning of this story, can one accept as heartfelt his emotional remark at the end of it about "the season of forgiveness"?
    "The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud
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