Line #23 Literature/SherlockHolmesOfBakerStreet


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3	''Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective'' is a 1962 "biography" about Sherlock Holmes by William S. Baring-Gould, a Holmes scholar whose annotated edition of the canon is still highly respected by Sherlockians today.
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5	Baring-Gould's biography is responsible for several examples of WordOfDante in Sherlockian circles: amongst them that there was another older brother called Sherrinford Holmes who looked after the Holmes estate, Mycroft was the head of the Secret Service, Holmes was in a touring theatrical troupe in America, and he lived to a ripe old age thanks to the Royal Jelly he collected from his Sussex bees.
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7	!!Tropes in this work include:
8	* AdaptationalVillainy: Professor Moriarty who is made out to be either the mastermind or the unseen consultant in crime in several of Holmes' cases found in "Adventures" and "Memoirs". Amongst them are:
9	** "The Five Orange Pips" - Moriarty helped the KKK track down and murder the Openshaw Family.
10	** "The Red-Headed League" - Moirarty was the true mastermind behind John Clay's plan to steal the French gold.[[note]]This was reused in the [[Series/SherlockHolmes Granada]] TV series' adaptation.[[/note]].
11	** "The Greek Interpreter" - Moriarty was the one who put Harold Latimer and Wilson Kemp together.
12	** There is also a major case not involving Moriarty: [[spoiler:Athelney Jones, the friendly but incompetent Inspector from [[Literature/TheSignOfTheFour The Sign of the Four]], is [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper.]]]]
13	* BigFancyHouse: Mycroft, the Holmes estate in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
14	* CanonForeigner: Sherrinford Holmes, mainly to explain why Mycroft and Sherlock are working in London if they come from an aristocratic family. Sherrinford was the older brother so he got the estate.
15	* EvilMentor: At one point Moriarty was hired to be Holmes's private tutor. The two did not get along and Moriarty left as soon as possible.
16	* IdleRich: Sherrinford Holmes who grew up to be a mere country squire.
17	* MyBelovedSmother: Siger Holmes who wanted his children to be in careers, ''he'' chose. Sherrinford being the eldest would be a country squire when he inherited the estate, Mycroft would become a government auditor, and Sherlock would become an engineer. Mycroft and Sherlock of course took their own career paths. Mycroft became head of British Intelligence (though being an auditor was a convenient cover story) while Sherlock of course became the world's first consulting detective.
18	* MythologyGag: Sherrinford comes from Conan Doyle's original name for Sherlock in the manuscript for "A Study in Scarlet".
19	* PromotedToLoveInterest: Irene Adler, naturally. This work follows the popular theory that Literature/NeroWolfe was the love child between Irene and Sherlock as result of a night of passion they had when they crossed paths again at Montenegro during Holmes' years he spent wandering the world between "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House".
20	* SerialRomeo: Watson, who's been married three times: a wife before Mary whom he met in San Fransisco, Mary Morstan, and another one during the end of Holmes's career.
21	* SharedUniverse: Holmes is made to be the cousin of Conan Doyle's other eccentric hero, [[Literature/ProfessorChallenger Professor George Edward Challenger]]. They're related through Siger Holmes' side of the family.
22	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The Holmes estate is called Mycroft which is what Siger Holmes decided to call his second son.
23	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Sherlock was effectively exiled from the family estate when he told Siger he wanted to be a consulting detective instead of an engineer like his father wanted. Siger gave his youngest son a modest allowance, but told him he never wanted to see his face again.

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