Edmond Perrier's Victorian Museum

This period is known because at this time, Britain was at its peak : in fact, the industrial revolution pushed the country to its top. Then, there were a lot of scientific advances and Conan Doyle was a scientist himself. That is why Sherlock is also a scientist : scientific progress enabled him to resolve investigations, That is why the author chose to write a detective novel. As for litterature in the Victorian Period, people favoured novels, that is why “Sherlock Holmes” had such a big success.