(Also NB that in this case we’re necessarily talking about the American cultural consciousness, weird and wiggly as it is.) When something is iconic, it is a highly recognizable cultural artifact that can be used as a shorthand-which often means it has been referenced in other forms of media. Well, who knows, but for our purposes, “iconic” means that the story has somehow wormed its way into the general cultural consciousness-a list of the best short stories in the English language would look quite different than the one below. But before we go any further, you may be asking: What does “iconic” mean in this context? Can a short story really be iconic in the way of a poem, or a painting, or Elvis? As usual, Holmes’s superhuman ability to draw patterns from facts is a source of great narrative tension and delight.Last year, I put together this list of the most iconic poems in the English language it’s high time to do the same for short stories. As is typical in Doyle’s stories, Holmes and the reader are presented with the same body of evidence, and yet Holmes solves the case well before the story’s conclusion. The scene of the crime is seemingly contained, offering no avenues of entrance or exit. “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” represents an example of a “locked-room” mystery.
Strange sounds and sights around the house arouse her suspicions and send her to 221B Baker Street. Troubled by the perplexing death of her betrothed twin sister two years ago, Helen is now set to be married herself. Helen lives with her stepfather, Grimesby Roylott, a doctor with a violent temper and a mysterious former life in the Indian colonies. The case begins when Sherlock Holmes is approached by a young woman named Helen Stoner. First published in 1892, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is a classic entry in Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series.
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