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Surely your last point does indeed point to a "re-creation". Its a re-creation of the detailed model Conan Doyle had either in mind or in his notes. Which as y
by junklight 16y ago
Surely your last point does indeed point to a "re-creation".
Its a re-creation of the detailed model Conan Doyle had either in mind or in his notes. Which as you point out is supported strongly by the fact that a coherent model can be made from the stories
- jacquesm 16y agoGood point, so not re-creating the rooms but the description of them. Were any notes supporting a detailed model ever found? Most authors that write long running stories or sequels keep notes of some sort to avoid contradicting themselves, given the length of the Sherlock Holmes run I would be more surprised if such notes were not used, that would be an amazing feat of memory. I have trouble envisioning the room next door in great detail, for instance, I know there is a chest of drawers there, but I couldn't tell you if it has 5 or 6 drawers even though I've seen it a hundred times.
- ErrantX 16y agoSuch talents vary; for example I can describe every room in my house and those at work in extreme detail. Places I go to at intervals (say once a month to a friends house) I can describe pretty accurately. And places I've visited once but in the last month or so I can pull up a pretty good image of. You find this a very common factor in many writers; particularly ye-olde ones (where keeping and searching notes was not as easy as now) whereby they would have a detailed and vivid scene in their mind - which was easier to remember.