Sep 13, 2023
“the most terrible human tragedies” [VEIL]
Having inadvertently left "The Veiled Lodger" out of our
discussion about suicide in Episode 349, we put more focus on it in
this episode. The introduction identifies it as "one of the most
terrible human tragedies."
Is it a tragedy in the classical sense, involving a fall from
greatness that evokes pity and terror, or is it merely a sad story?
And aren't most of Holmes's cases tragedies in the looser sense?
What are some other tragic stories in the Canon? It's just a
Trifle.
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Music credits
Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber
Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine
Band
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