![]() ![]() ![]() Pastiches and parodies began to appear and the world of Holmes expanded beyond Arthur Conan Doyle’s writings. His popularity with the general public grew with the publication of stories in The Strand starting in 1891 and it was that series of stories that really got the guessing game going. Robb seems to believe that anyone thinking Holmes and Watson are not lovers is obtuse if not daft.Įver since the Great Detective made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, fans have been speculating about Holmes and his life. Graham Robb, in his engaging and informative study of gay history, Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, does not fail to consider the queerness of the Great Detective. ![]() Is Sherlock Holmes homosexual? Is Watson? Should we even be asking these questions?Ĭasual readers have wondered. ![]() Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)-Fiction. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataĪ study in lavender : queering Sherlock Holmes / edited by Joseph R.G. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm, and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Individual stories copyright © 2011 their authors. A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes ![]()
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