Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Holmes” in chapter 1.12, page 231 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:
...ote—is kept alive rather by the adroitness of its author than by the revelation of its subject.
Such also is the interest of his three novels; they appeal to those who relish the flavour of Holmes 's personality rather than to those who expect a work of fiction to be first of all a story, and secondly a story peopled with accusable characters.
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