Plunging into 'The Full Tide of Human Existence': The Charing Cross Neighbourhood in the Sherlock Holmes Adventures

Abstract

The paper deals with the appearance in the Sherlock Holmes Canon of places in the Charing Cross neighbourhood. Among the real-life places discussed are: Charing Cross Station; the American Exchange; the Lowther Arcade; Charing Cross Hospital; Charing Cross Post (and Telegraph) Office; Charing Cross Turkish Baths; and seven hotels, the Charing Cross, the Grand, Morley's, the Victoria, the Metropole, the Golden Cross and the Cecil. Included also are drawings or photographs or both of a number of the places discussed.

Note: The paper is illustrated by a map, three topographical drawings, five photographs and five illustrations that originally accompanied adventures in the Canon.

Keywords: Sherlock Holmes, places in the Sherlock Holmes Canon, Charing Cross