Upon recognizing the initial component, they tend to anticipate on what follows and take pleasure in what Mark Turner ( 1996, p. The characters gave readers the impression that, as one of the interviewees shared, “you could go out, go anywhere, do anything and make a difference” (Hoffman, 2009). Set in the days of corsets and horse carriages, this girl-centered mystery keeps readers on their toes with quick action, engaging characters, and fun riddles. People, but not the sort likely to help us, and not enough of them so that a barefoot, fleeing boy could escape notice, let alone a breathless, dishevelled, bareheaded girl in the torn, blood- smeared dress of a widow. Two policemen had been told he was an insane man, and his claims to being Watson only exacerbated their belief.

Whereas the synchronous models in classic girl sleuth mysteries include the reader as part of the detective game, the transient models of super-sleuth narratives use argument by assertion and by excessively verbalizing empowerment. Enola’s transgression into public spaces is enabled by Victorian garments that are generally thought to be confining and restrictive, representing containment both in the literal and metaphorical sense. The story is therefore indicative of cultural and societal practices that are primarily concerned with the affective engagement of the (child) consumer. On April 21, 2020, Netflix bought the distribution rights to the film, as opposed to a theatrical release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

They had not been very intimate before because “Mother and I seldom interfered in one another’s concerns” (Springer, 2020/2006, p. Children’s mystery and detective novels use containment and the transgression of boundaries to create a sense of play and freedom as well as to provide protection within the imaginative spaces of childhood.

The super-sleuth does not let readers/viewers into the game in the same way that the girl sleuth does, which results in a possibly less empowering experience for the recipients. The adaptation draws on transient models of empowerment perpetuated in social media that are based in ephemeral knowledge and radical discourses.Enola Holmes has already been framed as “a specimen of one of the feminine ideals that can be found in girl power” (Fritz, 2012, p. The screen adaptation presents a concept of girl power in a “multivalent” and often contradictory rhetoric (Fritz, 2012, p. The progressive path of the child sleuth positions the investigating body in their surroundings, and their inquiry instigates movement through experientially rich spaces. Before he could do so, I hoisted my primitive weapon and brought it down with great decision upon his head.

This type of resourcefulness enables Enola to transgress into public spaces (the city of London), using the symbol of “propriety, constraint, and femininity” (Montz, 2019, p.

It corresponds to the visual representation of the containment image schema and the transgression of its boundary along a path (Johnson, 1987, pp. That month, Brown and Bradbeer acknowledged their intentions to develop a sequel, which was announced on May 13, 2021. in the first book in Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes Mystery Series, The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006), and its subsequent film adaptation Enola Holmes (2020). Footnote 1 This technique of homodiegetic narration puts the reader in the role of the detective’s companion who has access to the girl sleuth’s perspective, participates in the inquiry, yet knows only as much as she does. The investigative approach has enabled the entry of the girl sleuth into public spaces and roles of authority and introduced the concept of girl power as early as the pre-second wave feminist era.

Nancy Springer’s popular Enola Holmes Mystery Series (2006–2010), a neo-Victorian retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries for young readers, showcases containment and transgression of boundaries across historical, ideological, artistic and familial spaces.

The process of detection is thus driven by the missing knowledge, or the idea of “not having” (Raskin 2004, p. There is an underlying feminist theme in the book, with the resentment both Enola and her mother have at being mere chattels controlled by their brother/son, but there is only a passing reference to the suffragette movement. The Enola Holmes series likewise reconstructs the corset for the purpose of storage, masquerade and protection. My arms hurt so badly that I thought I had broken a bone, rather than the cord, until I found myself looking at my own hands, which had presented themselves in front of my face like disreputable strangers.