Trifles
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles
Trees, Part 2: Branching Out
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Trees, Part 2: Branching Out

“studying all those branches” [MUSG]

We're back with the second part of a two-part series looking at trees in the Sherlock Holmes stories. In the first part (Episode 274), we covered the oak and the elm.

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Trees, Part 1: Over the Oak / Under the Elm
Listen now (28 min) | I think that I shall never see... a Sherlock Holmes story as lovely as a tree. However, there are plenty of instances of trees in the Canon that make for interesting observation, if only we stop to look at them through the forest. Inspired by one of Don Jewell's books, we spend some time investigating the instances of oaks and elms in the stories (far mo…
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This time, we go a little farther afield and chase mentions of other trees in the Canon: beeches, cedars, firs, plane, pine, yew, and others. Perhaps even shrubbery. 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

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Trifles
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles
You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and answers questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.