From the "Introduction":... «The Complete Sherlock Holmes»
robot3 января 2014From the "Introduction": <...> Conan Doyle was enjoying a golfing holiday in Norfolk with a young journalist friend, Bertram Fletcher Robinson. In the course of an afternoon's conversation, Robinson mentioned the legend of a ferocious black dog which haunted the countryside. This set Conan Doyle's imagination on fire, and the two of them began working out the plot for a story that would become The Hound of the Baskervilles. Initially Conan Doyle described it as "a real creaper', but there was no mention of its becoming a Sherlock Holmes story. Naturally, however, Conan Doyle recognized the attraction of Holmes, and used the opportunity to increase his terms, writing to his editor at the Strand: "The price I quoted [earlier] has for years been my serial price not only with you but with other journals. Now it is evident that this is a very special occasion since as far as I can judge the revival of Holmes would attract a great deal of attention. Suppose I gave the directors the alternative that it should be without Holmes at my old figure or with Holmes at 100 pounds per thou. Which would they choose? ... Holmes is at a premium in America just now."
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