Sherlockian.Net: The Speckled Band

Basic information

Abbreviation (J. F. Christ, 1947): SPEC
Word length (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 9,880
First published: Strand Magazine, February 1892

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    Links of interest

  • The Truth about the Speckled Band
  • A Macavity version of the tale
  • Crime scene by Thomas R. Hanratty
  • "The Key to the Case" (locked room mysteries)
  • "The Aesthetics of I"
  • Fauna in the Canon
  • The Ultimate Web Herpetological Index
  • Snake Bite
  • University of Massachusetts web project
  • Father-Daughter Incest and Its Treatment

    Redmond's Delicate Question

    Much has been written about the sexual elements in this tale, ranging from the supposedly phallic snake to the suggestive juxtaposition of the stepfather and his nubile daughters. It is the business of Sherlock Holmes to reveal the secrets of rapacity and murder; is it his business also to make improper sexual behaviour known?
    "The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud
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