The Stormy Petrels of BC will meet at the usual Hampton Place location on April 1, 2014 at 7:00 pm to discuss “The Stockbroker’s Clerk”
This story first appeared in The Strand Magazine in 1893. It is one of the few stories (8) in which no women are featured.
Can you detect a similar theme to other cases in the ‘canon’?
If you would like to join the discussion, please contact me for more info.
As always,
The game is afoot!
“Grant Munro was a happy, prosperous man. He had a good income, a nice villa in the country, and a loving devoted wife whom he loved dearly in return. Then, suddenly his world seems to come crashing about his ears, and he found himself discussing his most private affairs with two complete strangers – Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.”
(Steve Clarkson – 1998)
“…this is one of the least satisfying tales in the Sherlockian Canon.” (Rosemary Michaud)
The story for discussion will be “The Yellow Face”
Our first regular meeting of 2014 will take place on Tuesday, February 4th at Hampton Place at 7:00
If you would like any additional information, please contact Fran at the Stormy Petrel’s e-mail.
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“Then your eyes fixed themselves upon your newly framed picture of General Gordon…Your eyes flashed across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books.” |
“… a melancholy tale of alcoholism, marital infidelity, love turned to hatred, and violent death.” – Steve Clarkson, 1999
“Suffice it to say, it’s one of the most savage tales in the canon.” – Sonia Fetherston, 1997
“Arthur Conan Doyle chose to suppress the story soon after its publication, not to restore it for 23 years. In 1903, ACD said: ‘…a tale involving s_x was out of place in a collection designed for boys.’” – Christopher Redmond (from “The Sherlock Holmes Handbook”)
If you have not yet deduced it, the story for discussion will be “The Cardboard Box”
Date: Tuesday, December 3
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Hampton Place lounge
Any questions? I am all ears!
“Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”
“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
The next regular meeting of the Stormy Petrels of BC will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 7:00pm at Hampton Place.
The story for discussion? “Silver Blaze” A story about horse racing, a sport of which Doyle confessed that he knew little. “A sport is what a man does, not what a horse does.”
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