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spacemutineer. Let's have some canon Sherlock Holmes discussion, shall we? What did you all think of The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire? I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and questions, which are behind the jump. And please, add your own in the comments!
Discussion about the Granada adaptation of this story can be found in the Granada discussion thread.
- Oh wow. The address of the firm, '46 Old Jewry', really jars my modern eyes. This really is a product of another time, isn't it?
- So many untold cases mentioned in this story! Forgers, wonders, circus belles, a case involving a venomous lizard, and of course, we can't forget the Giant Rat of Sumatra! It's a treasure-trove. I'd dearly love to get a good look at Holmes' index, as well as Watson's case-books and dispatch-boxes!
- Oh dear, another client pretending that he's inquiring 'on behalf of a friend' instead of admitting that it's his own case. Can anyone remember if this ever actually works in canon? I don't think so.
- A wonderful glimpse here of Watson's sporting background as a rugby player (and one who played outside of school, and wound up getting tackled hard enough to be thrown into the crowd at some point!). Holmes is clearly intrigued, but is he surprised? Did he not know, or had he forgotten? It's an interesting question.
- The Ferguson household is certainly a singular one, as Holmes might say. Quite a collection of personalities. What do you think Mrs. Mason makes of Dolores and Mrs. Ferguson? She's in the know about the need to guard the baby, certainly, but what else does she think about the other people in the house? And what does Dolores know? And then there's Jack. We get an idea of what he thinks of at least some of the others, but why does he not like Mrs. Mason, and vice versa? And what do you think becomes of him?
- What do you think might have happened, had Holmes not taken this case?
- And last but not least, Holmes' thank-you note is a delight, at least to the reader. What do you think the recipients made of it?
spacemutineer. Let's have some canon Sherlock Holmes discussion, shall we? What did you all think of The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire? I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and questions, which are behind the jump. And please, add your own in the comments!Discussion about the Granada adaptation of this story can be found in the Granada discussion thread.
- Oh wow. The address of the firm, '46 Old Jewry', really jars my modern eyes. This really is a product of another time, isn't it?
- So many untold cases mentioned in this story! Forgers, wonders, circus belles, a case involving a venomous lizard, and of course, we can't forget the Giant Rat of Sumatra! It's a treasure-trove. I'd dearly love to get a good look at Holmes' index, as well as Watson's case-books and dispatch-boxes!
- Oh dear, another client pretending that he's inquiring 'on behalf of a friend' instead of admitting that it's his own case. Can anyone remember if this ever actually works in canon? I don't think so.
- A wonderful glimpse here of Watson's sporting background as a rugby player (and one who played outside of school, and wound up getting tackled hard enough to be thrown into the crowd at some point!). Holmes is clearly intrigued, but is he surprised? Did he not know, or had he forgotten? It's an interesting question.
- The Ferguson household is certainly a singular one, as Holmes might say. Quite a collection of personalities. What do you think Mrs. Mason makes of Dolores and Mrs. Ferguson? She's in the know about the need to guard the baby, certainly, but what else does she think about the other people in the house? And what does Dolores know? And then there's Jack. We get an idea of what he thinks of at least some of the others, but why does he not like Mrs. Mason, and vice versa? And what do you think becomes of him?
- What do you think might have happened, had Holmes not taken this case?
- And last but not least, Holmes' thank-you note is a delight, at least to the reader. What do you think the recipients made of it?
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Date: 2013-06-10 05:56 pm (UTC)I also think that you're right that Mrs. Mason had a better idea of what Jack was like than anyone else in the house did, at least early on. She probably had enough experience with children to sense something might be off about his attitude towards his baby brother, even before things started to go wrong.
LOL on the ship sinking! You're right that it's a distressingly common way for people to meet their fates in ACD canon.