Bertram Fletcher Robinson: A Footnote to The Hound of the Baskervilles

Bertram Fletcher Robinson: A Footnote to The Hound of the Baskervilles is written by Paul Spiring. This hardback edition is also available in paperback.

Key details

• Author: Paul Spiring
• Hardcover format
• 248 pages
• ISBN: 9781904312413
• Also available in paperback

Synopsis

In 1901, Arthur Conan Doyle brought Sherlock Holmes back for what became his most popular story, The Hound of the Baskervilles, first published in nine instalments in the British edition of The Strand Magazine. The opening episode included a short footnote crediting help from a young journalist, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, prompting immediate debate about how much he contributed to the narrative.

Spiring’s study follows Fletcher Robinson’s life and work, and considers the extent of his involvement with The Hound of the Baskervilles, including the speculation that continued after his early death. Suitable for readers interested in literary history and the background to Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.

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