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message 1: by MN (new)

MN (mnfife) There's an article in the Huffington Post giving 9 layouts of houses in classic literature:

I rather hoped there'd be one for Northanger Abbey ~~~

Marguerite


message 2: by Everyman (new)

Everyman | 219 comments It was an interesting idea, but disappointing to me because of their obvious incompleteness in most cases. But thanks for bringing it to our attention. It was worth a few moments.


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Denise (drbetteridge) The Secret Garden is the most interesting to me. Thank you for finding that.


majoringinliterature | 12 comments It's so interesting to see how different people imagine locations as they read. I just finished A Study in Scarlet so I'm glad that one was included. :)


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Everyman | 219 comments Majoringinliterature wrote: "It's so interesting to see how different people imagine locations as they read. I just finished A Study in Scarlet so I'm glad that one was included. :)"

The plan in that link is a simpler version of the Ernest Short plan, see the link below, but that link also says that the plan is in error since Watson's bedroom was above Holmes's, not next to it. The link below also has another plan drawn by Russell Stutler which is based on reading all the stories twice. It is highly detailed, and includes for example the stairway leading from Holmes's bedroom down to the street which he uses at least once, and maybe more often, when he comes and goes in disguise. He also has a "second door and passage to Holmes's bedroom" which comes from I don't know where.

Anyhow, check this link:



And more on the Stutler plan, including notes, can be found here:

and the plan with elements identified is here



majoringinliterature | 12 comments Everyman wrote: "The plan in that link is a simpler version of the Ernest Short plan, see the link below, but that link also says that the plan is in error since Watson's bedroom was above Holmes's, not next to it. The link below also has another plan drawn by Russell Stutler which is based on reading all the stories twice..."

The level of detail on the Stutler plan is just incredible. The second link, with the list of features described in each book, is particularly useful. Thanks so much for sharing this link! I'll definitely refer back to it when I start reading The Sign of Four.


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