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October 1st 2003
by Barnes & Noble Classics
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Paperback, 752 pages
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1593080409
(isbn13: 9781593080402)
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This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. At o...more
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Read in April, 2008
Moreover than the actual stories, the superior writing style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is what really draws me to the Sherlock Holmes series. Doyle was an expertly skilled writer, whose attention to detail and ability to weave together tantalizing clues into the solution of a mystery are to be envied. His character development is also exemplary, as there is much to mystify one about Sherlock Holmes; his aversion to women and distance from his family, his lack of friends save one physician who ...more
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Read in February, 2007
The second volume of the masterful Sherlock Holmes. The first was probably better, but this was a very good read as well. I have all the respect for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as he really makes you believe in Holmes' genius.
One interesting tidbit is that he killed Holmes off at the end of the last book, because he thought he was "obscuring my higher work". Ironic since none of his other work has any popularity. Due to popular demand, Holmes returned 20 years later.
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One interesting tidbit is that he killed Holmes off at the end of the last book, because he thought he was "obscuring my higher work". Ironic since none of his other work has any popularity. Due to popular demand, Holmes returned 20 years later.
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Read in March, 2008
I finally finished reading everything Sherlock Holmes related by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I just love Sherlock Holmes and I don't think I need to comment on the stories. I thought this collection was interesting because it ended with some parodies and an essay by Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. It's funny that he thinks he will be remembered for his other stuff and Sherlock Holmes is just a silly side thing (he sounds a bit pretentious actually). Though now I want to read some of his other stuff...more
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04/01/09
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Hi, I'm an idiot. They had volume I, too, but I didn't realize it was different. ::facepalm::
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I enjoyed the stories in this series and was surprised to find how different the movies have dipicted Sherlock and Watson from the actual books. I was expecting the mysteries to leave the reader some clue that we might be able to venture a guess, but they don't. Sherlock keeps all the important information about the case to himself until the final moment so there really is no way to figure it out. Watson is a great friend and really acts as a bodyguard of sorts to Sherlock. And, just as a si...more
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Read in January, 2004
I've always had a fondness for mysteries and decided a couple of years ago to do the right thing and check out Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's seminal works in the genre.
These stories are incredibly wonderful!
Though a pattern does emerge in the stories over time, they are not nearly as formulaic as modern mystery novels. This was a really pleasant surprise for me. I fully expected stories that would be okay, but feel dated and predictable. Nothing could be further from the tr...more
These stories are incredibly wonderful!
Though a pattern does emerge in the stories over time, they are not nearly as formulaic as modern mystery novels. This was a really pleasant surprise for me. I fully expected stories that would be okay, but feel dated and predictable. Nothing could be further from the tr...more
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Read in January, 2008
It's Sherlock Holmes, so of course it's good! I'm still working on Volume II, but Volume I was great. It's been a while since I read these stories and I'm glad to have bought them now, in a collection I'm sure to read more than once. It's also a nice change from the more modern, blood filled crime stories. Here the solution is never too far out of reach, the description of the crime never too gory, and the criminals themselves are always very polite and chastened when they are found out. Great c...more
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Read in May, 2009
Part 2 of a comprehensive collection, including essays and parodies. Volume I was miles better. Doyle's Holmes was sharper and fresher. His later stories are re-hashed and (some are) poorly written. Still, it was fun to revisit the adventures I loved as a teenager.
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Read in June, 2006
Volume II is much better than Vol. 1. Starting out with The Hound of the Baskervilles (the best of the novels), it provides a very different picture of Holmes and Watson than you've ever gotten from the rip-off movies and television shows (Granada does a fairly decent job, but Holmes comes off as too effeminate for my tastes).
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if you have the first vol, then you obviously must have the second. these stories are just great. if you like mysteries, you have to like these.
so, i have this on the 1001 book list since the adventures of sherlock holmes is in the 1001 books, and the stories i think are are jumbled between the two vols.
so, i have this on the 1001 book list since the adventures of sherlock holmes is in the 1001 books, and the stories i think are are jumbled between the two vols.
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So far I am enjoying the stories as much as I did the first book. However, now I am now also delighting in finding how Holmes has changed since his "death". It is interesting to see the change in Conan Doyle's writing and wonder at what has happened in his life to produce such changes in his famous character.
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It is strange, but sometimes after I read Sherlock Holmes, I find my powers of observation slightly increased! I loved reading all of the tales of Holmes, and his wonderful friend and confidante, Watson, but these books are quite large, and I had to take breaks whilst reading them!
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I read all of these stories way back in middle school and high school. Loved them then. Loved them the 2nd or third time I read them and still love them. Iam actually on Vol. I and it might take me another year or more to work slowly all the way through the end of Vol. II.
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Read in June, 2009
mine has the other cover. First read complete works 1967-8. An all-time fave.
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I love Sherlock Holmes. I really do. Maybe it's not highest strata of literary fiction, but it's so much fun to read and the language is so perfect. Plus, you get all the action and mystery you want in a Victorian package, which is pretty unbeatable.
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every case is another mind tangling mystery that you must find out the ending to. when life becomes to boring for your mind, don't turn to cocaine like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, just read his stories and let them fill your thoughts with worry.
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I think it's fascinating the way in which the author was pressured by the public to continue resurrecting his character even when he would rather have written something else perhaps. It's amazing the force that fictional people can develop.
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These short stories and short novels never fail to please. Such classic mystery with characters full of surprises. Perhaps my favorite collection of stories, I can't get enough of Sherlock and Dr. Watson.
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Compelling characters, excellent plot/clever mystery, and great setting become the classic definition of classic mystery. Earns a place on my bookshelves.
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