How is "Scandal in Bohemia" different from the typical Sherlock Holmes stories? Sherlock Holmes' stories have been and still are very popular and famous. They were at first magazine novels which started being written in 1887 by the author Conan Doyle. He keeps the same style of writing for most of his stories; he has a few exceptions such as "Scandal in Bohemia". In this story we find out things about Holmes' character which had not …showed first 75 words of 1598 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1598 total…The novels had never made the female characters strong, and 'scandal in Bohemia' does. I also thought it was nicer than many others as Holms' plan did not work out well, like he wanted to, and Holmes always is the smart one, the 'hero' of the story, therefore it was nice to see a change in his successfulness. This might make others not enjoy the story as it destroys the perfect image of Sherlock Holmes.