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Mentioned as Sherlock Holmes's debut in 1887, with the hosts discussing how Holmes represented scientific detection methods that were ahead of police procedure at the time, and noting the enduring fantasy that Holmes could have solved the Ripper case.

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Mentioned as a literary work from 1887, the year of Victoria's Golden Jubilee, to set the historical context of the era

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Referenced as the first Sherlock Holmes novel from 1887