Download This Paper'The Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man': Railway Employees in the Sherlock Holmes Adventures
27 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2015 Last revised: 4 Sep 2020
Date Written: September 4, 2020
Abstract
The paper discusses the four different types of long-distance railway employees referred to in the text of the Sherlock Holmes Canon, as well as the illustrations of such employees by Sidney Paget. It also discusses the uniform said in the text to be worn by one of those employees, as well as discussing various other aspects of the clothing referred to in the Canon.
Keywords: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sidney Paget, Sherlock Holmes, long-distance railway employees, uniforms
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Katz, Leslie, 'The Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man': Railway Employees in the Sherlock Holmes Adventures (September 4, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2680286 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2680286
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