Posted 1 year ago
vintagelamp
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Figurine representing Sherlock Holme's "Irene Adler"
Belonged to an avid Sherlock Holmes fan who assumed the role of Irene Adler in her Sherlockian club.
From the internet:
Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. Adler is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story. While not technically a criminal and bearing no malice towards Holmes, she outsmarts him and evades his traps. Sherlock Holmes refers to her afterward respectfully as "the Woman."
In the original Doyle story, Watson notes Holmes has no romantic interest in Adler or in women in general, pointing out the detective only exhibits a platonic admiration for her wit and cunning. Despite this, some derivative works reinterpret Adler as a romantic interest for Holmes or as a former love who later regularly engages in crime.
Lovely statue of Irene, she was played so beautifully by Gayle Hunnicutt w/ Jeremy's Sherlock in Scandal in Bohemia wasn't she
Newfld,
Yes. I love that Sherlock series, as you know!
She's BEAUTIFUL!
jscott,
Thank you!