You see, but you do not observe.

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Scandal in Bohemia

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Topic

Observation Seeing

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Scandal in Bohemia

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Scandal in Bohemia." The Strand Magazine. London: July 1891.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Scandal in Bohemia." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic
Telling the truth
Speaker
Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Critic as Artist Intentions
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.