Canon Discussion: A Scandal in Bohemia

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This week we’re having a look at A Scandal in Bohemia. I’ve typed up a few thoughts to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

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A Scandal in Bohemia:

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: The Persistence of Memory
Author: tripleransom
Rating: G


The Persistence of Memory

Her photograph sits upon my desk, the sovereign she gave me is on my watch chain. Watson referred to her as 'the late Irene Adler of dubious and questionable memory.'

I take up my violin and play the song I heard her sing as I posed as an ostler.

I very much regret that our paths can never cross again.

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: A Scandal in Bohemia

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.


This week my featured form is terza rima.

Mr. Holmes was the one to suggest it, although he did worry it might prove “a little difficult for ladies”. So, in exchange, I said he could try knitting a bed jacket and matching nightcap while I wrote the poem. And as soon as I have published this page, I will be popping off to cut him free.

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As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, acrostic poetry, clerihew, epigram, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by A Scandal in Bohemia in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

A Scandal in Bohemia: The Accusative Case

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: The Accusative Case
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ‘This account of you we have from all quarters received.’ It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.


The Bohemian lifestyle had seemed so attractive. They were going to be employed by a king! But it had only led to their formal separation.

“I thought everything would be Perfect,” said Have, tensely. “It’s your fault—we were always so close before.”

Received sighed. And thought longingly of the Simple Past, when it had been all on its own.

A Scandal in Bohemia: Situations Vacant

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: Situations Vacant
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Required for our client, a quiet lady, a respectable coachman to be based in a villa in St John’s Wood. One horse stabled in nearby mews. Regular hours. Uniform provided. Discretion and good references essential. Apply to Forbes, Norton & Mason, solicitors. Box 221, Inner Temple.

Also required, two experienced maids. Live in or out. References as above. Temporary contract.

A Scandal in Bohemia: Why Else?

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: Why Else?
Author: mundungus42
Word Count: 60
Rating: G

My bow was just deep enough to see the underside of the king's ostentatious beryl brooch, where I observed its tiny hinges and the trimmed edge of an albumin print.

Knowing how close he kept the carte de visite print of himself and Mrs. Norton, I knew the king could not refuse me her photograph.

For future identification purposes, naturally.

A Scandal in Bohemia: A Scandal in Scandinavia (PG)

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: A Scandal in Scandinavia
Author: vaysh
Pairing: Clotilde Lothman of Saxe-Meningen/Irene Adler (past)
Words: 60 words
Rating: PG


Princess Clotilde arrived in Paris to consult with the aged Monsieur Lecoq. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, Lecoq had been intimately familiar with the entanglements of love. Clotilde had but one delicate task for him: to prevent that her betrothed, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, King of Bohemia, would ever learn about her affair with the well-known adventuress, the beautiful Irene Adler.