The Mysterious London of Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysterious London of Arthur Conan Doyle

Summary/Abstract: This article represents a short study about the image of London at the turn of the nineteenth century. This literary topic of London is mainly focused on the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This study will present three major aspects about London. The first is related to the physical structure of the capital and it analyses the labyrinth of streets. It also emphasizes the image of a well-organized trap which attracts the colonized people and plays with its British citizens, keeping them between borders. The second aspect of London reveals the physical ugly face of the British capital. Conan Doyle depicted the striking contrast between a civilized capital and its misery and dirt in the streets. The third aspect is represented by the means of the development which overwhelm the British capital. The innovative elements of the City such as advertising, science, telegraph, means of transport and photography will also be discussed in the writings of Conan Doyle.

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