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To: grey_whiskers

Doyle appropriated the character of Sherlock Holmes from Dickens' novel Bleak House and its Inspector Bucket.

Kudos to The Blooms for garnering 4th and 8th place!

38 posted on 02/22/2009 6:58:06 AM PST by jla (Sarah! sarahpac.com)

To: jla

I must confess, I've never read Bleak House.

Something about the title, I guess...

Cheers!

45 posted on 02/22/2009 7:02:13 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

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