Twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring our favourite duo, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as they solve mysteries. The undefeatable wit of Sherlock, his power of deduction, and his application of pure reason make this beautiful deluxe edition a must-have for all detective fiction lovers! More titles by Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes Twelve best detective fiction stories that will keep you on the edge of seat! - Follow the world's greatest detective as he ...
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Twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring our favourite duo, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as they solve mysteries. The undefeatable wit of Sherlock, his power of deduction, and his application of pure reason make this beautiful deluxe edition a must-have for all detective fiction lovers! More titles by Arthur Conan Doyle: The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes Twelve best detective fiction stories that will keep you on the edge of seat! - Follow the world's greatest detective as he solves nail biting mysteries - Stories that made Arthur Conan Doyle famous in the literary world - Explore the social injustices prevalent in the society and how Sherlock fights them! - Rediscover friendship, love, and passion - Stories that will grip you till the end with its twists and turns
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Although the stories are short they are nevertheless excellent reading.
Enjoyable .
sarab
Feb 18, 2010
Learning About English Culture with Sherlock H.
I am 80% done with the book but it is for adult reading and would not reccommend this book for a minor. It glamorizes drug use.
Love the book, I am learning about English culture this is my first Sherlock Holmes book.
rob10
Dec 31, 2009
adventures
Bought the Oxford Press edition of this book to read the references indicated during the stories - also easier to handle than my unabridged sherlock holmes.
DrewGirl
May 2, 2007
short and logical
This book is composed of twelve short Sherlock Holmes stories: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip (my personal favorite), The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band, The Engineer's Thumb, The Noble Bachelor, The Beryl Coronet and The Copper Beeches. Although I've long been a fan of Laurie King's Mary Russell novels, which are semi-pastiches of the Holmes series, my only experience of the original Sherlock Holmes has been limited to my dim recollection of reading The Red-Headed League in high school and of watching a few of the BBC television episodes with my dad! Several years ago, I tried reading one of Conan Doyle's novel-length works but was rapidly turned off by the slow development of the plot and did not finish it. Reading this book, though, was a much better experience and I'm so glad I chose it. I think that the author's skill and the Holmes "genre" itself are much better seen and enjoyed in short stories. None of the stories are thrilling or heart-pounding; that is not what made Sherlock Holmes mysteries so great. Instead, they each follow a rather simple pattern: Holmes and Watson are introduced to a short, bewildering mystery that is quickly and, to Watson's never ending surprise, easily solved by Holmes, who then calmly gives a detailed analysis of the case and his logical steps to solving it! This set-up must be what made Sherlock Holmes such a refreshing character and what made the books so popular!
