Perspectives

Here, we will focus on the literary period in which “The Red-Headed League” by Arthur Conan Doyle was written, on its genre, similar literary works, works by the same author and references to pop culture.

Literary period

Arthur Conan Doyle is a 19^th century Scottish writer who mostly wrote detective fiction, fantasy and science fiction novels and short stories. His most famous series of short stories involve the private detective Sherlock Holmes, who was modelled after one of Doyle’s teachers. The entire series involving Sherlock Holmes 

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Similar works

An interesting short story belonging to the genre of detective fiction is “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe. In fact, this story is thought to be the world’s first detective story, while detective C. Auguste Dupin is considered the first fictional detective (although he is not a professional like Holmes). In “The

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Works by the same author

For you to have a better view of how the character of Sherlock Holmes is constructed, we recommend you read some of Doyle’s short stories or novels, such as “The Hound of the Baskervilles” or “The Sign of the Four” (which was also alluded to in the story).

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