Sherlockian.Net: The Yellow Face
Basic information
Abbreviation
(J. F. Christ, 1947): YELL
Word length
(C. E. Lauterbach, 1960): 7,540
First published:
Strand Magazine
, February 1893;
Harper's Weekly
, February 11, 1893
Text available on-line
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Links of interest
Story summary from McMurdo's Camp
Facies Lutea (text in Latin)
Heredity and Modern Genetics
People of Color in Old Tennessee
Paget illustrations for this story
Redmond's Delicate Question
Most Sherlock Holmes stories, whatever else they may be, are exciting. The same cannot really be said of "The Yellow Face". Is the author successful in using boredom and the commonplace as a background for Sherlock Holmes's extraordinary sparkle?
"The View Halloa", by Rosemary Michaud
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