The Best Sherlock Holmes Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1930

by Bill Peschel, Bill Peschel (Editor)

Overview

Welcome to 223B Baker Street!

The debut of Sherlock Holmes in the pages of The Strand magazine introduced one of fiction's most memorable heroes. Arthur Conan Doyle's spellbinding tales of mystery and detection, along with Holmes' deep friendship with Doctor Watson, touched the hearts of fans worldwide, and inspired imitations, parodies, songs, art, even erotica, that continues to this very day.

The Best Sherlock Holmes Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1930 collects 33 pieces -- short stories, poems, and cartoons -- published during the whole of Conan Doyle's literary career. Also included are much of the original art and 340 footnotes identifying obscure words, historical figures, and events that readers were familiar with at the time.

Peschel Press' 223B Casebook series -- named because they're "next door" to the original stories -- is dedicated to publishing the fanfiction created by amateur and professional writers during Conan Doyle's lifetime. Each book covers an era, publication, or writer, and includes lively mini-essays containing insights into the work, Conan Doyle, and those who were inspired by him.

Other Books by Bill Peschel and Peschel Press

THE 223B CASEBOOK SERIES
The Early Punch Parodies of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Victorian Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1899
Sherlock Holmes Edwardian Parodies and Pastiches I: 1900-1904
Sherlock Holmes Edwardian Parodies and Pastiches II: 1905-1909
Sherlock Holmes Great War Parodies and Pastiches I: 1910-1914
Sherlock Holmes Great War Parodies and Pastiches II: 1915-1919
Sherlock Holmes Jazz Age Parodies and Pastiches I: 1920-1924
Sherlock Holmes Jazz Age Parodies and Pastiches II: 1925-1930

THE RUGLEY POISONER TRUE CRIME SERIES
The Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer
The Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer
The Life and Career of Dr. William Palmer of Rugeley

THE COMPLETE, ANNOTATED SERIES
The Complete, Annotated Murder on the Links
By Agatha Christie
The Complete, Annotated Secret Adversary
By Agatha Christie
The Complete, Annotated Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Agatha Christie
The Complete, Annotated Whose Body?
By Dorothy L. Sayers

OTHER BOOKS
Making Cloth Grocery Bags
Hell's Casino
Writers Gone Wild

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950347049
Publisher:	Peschel Press
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	390
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Bill Peschel is a former journalist who shares a Pulitzer Prize with the staff of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He also is a mystery fan who runs the Wimsey Annotations at Planetpeschel.com. The author of Writers Gone Wild (Penguin), he publishes through Peschel Press the 223B Casebook Series of Sherlockian parodies and pastiches and annotated editions of Dorothy L. Sayers' Whose Body? and Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Secret Adversary. An interest in Victorian crime led to the republication of three books on the William Palmer poisoning case. Peschel was born in Warren, Ohio, grew up in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He lives with his family and animal menagerie in Hershey, where the air really does smell like chocolate.

Bill Peschel is a former journalist who shares a Pulitzer Prize with the staff of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He also is a mystery fan who runs the Wimsey Annotations at Planetpeschel.com. The author of Writers Gone Wild (Penguin), he publishes through Peschel Press the 223B Casebook Series of Sherlockian parodies and pastiches and annotated editions of Dorothy L. Sayers' Whose Body? and Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Secret Adversary. An interest in Victorian crime led to the republication of three books on the William Palmer poisoning case. Peschel was born in Warren, Ohio, grew up in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He lives with his family and animal menagerie in Hershey, where the air really does smell like chocolate.

Table of Contents

An Interrupted Honeymoon / “A. Cone and Oil” (Charles C. Rothwell)

The Mystery of the Spot Ball / “C”

The Man Who “Bested” Sherlock Holmes / Joseph Baron

The Adventures of Chubblock Homes / Jack Butler Yeats

Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Box / Anonymous

The Identity of Miss Angela Vespers / “Ka”

Picklock’s Disappearance / R.C. Lehmann

Mrs. Dr. Sherlock Holmes / Anonymous

The Reappearance of Sherlock Holmes / Roy L. McCardell

The Adventure of the Child’s Perambulator / “Another Conan Doyle” (Charles Loomis)

The Adventure of the Pink Pearl / Anonymous

Notes of a Bookman / James MacArthur

Mr. Homes Solves a Question of Authorship / John Kendrick Bangs

The Adventure of the Missing Bee / P.G. Wodehouse

The Last of Sherlock Holmes / A.B. “Banjo” Paterson

Sherlock Holmes’ Daughter / H.H. Ballard

The Great Suit Case Mystery / Jacques Futrelle

By a Hair / Jean Giraudoux

Herlock’s One Mistake / Henry A. Hering

The Adventure of the Lost Manuscripts / Edmund L. Pearson

The Adventure of Shamrock Jolnes / O. Henry

Maddened by Mystery / Stephen Leacock

The Adventure of the Lost Baby / Carolyn Wells

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop For Tea / Anonymous

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish / Tod Browning and Anita Loos

Narpoo Rum / Anonymous

The Looking-Glass / Anonymous

When the Spirits Rapped / Anonymous

Baffled / Anonymous

The Case of the Sinn Feiners / “Peter Todd” (Charles Hamilton)

The Master Mind / Dashiell Hammett

The Mystery of the Murdered Major / James Thurber

The Teapot Dome Case / “A. Conan Oyle” (N.H.)

Intelligence Service / “Z. 4.999”

The Rollo Boys with Sherlock in Mayfair / Corey Ford

The Adventure of the Missing Hatrack / Frederic Dorr Steele

Expert Assistance / James J. Montague

The Mystery Than Which / Rupert Hughes

The Adventure of the Whyos / Bill Peschel