Sherlock Holmes Research Paper

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Sherlock Holmes was, for a time, one of the most popular and well known series in the western world. It was beloved by many and was a mess as far as the story progressed. Its author, Sir Conan Doyle, used the bare minimum amount of editing the stories that many inconsistencies arose that contradicted each other and left what was true and what wasn’t unanswered. The fans theorized ways for it all to fit together into a coherent story using reason or speculation to fill in gaps. Logical or not all their theories were still theories for at the time only Doyle could decide what was true and what wasn’t. Doyle decides the canon.

Canon, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, “the authentic works of a writer” or “a sanctioned or accepted group or …show more content…
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