false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172590008m/194373.jpg 194373 79 <B>Penzler Pick, February 2000</B>: What is there about the greatest series of short stories in the history of the world that hasn't already been said? This is the second (of five) story collections by Doyle about the greatest detective in literature--and a splendid volume it is, containing such superb puzzles as "The Greek Interpreter," in which readers are introduced to Mycroft Holmes; "The Musgrave Ritual"; "Silver Blaze"; and the earth-shattering "The Final Adventure," recounting the struggle between Holmes and the evil Professor Moriarty in which the two titans were apparently killed as they went over the edge of the Reichenbach Falls. <p> But every mystery reader already knows this. I'm pointing out this marvelous book because it has been extensively annotated by a fine Sherlockian scholar, Les Klinger, who has brought to all serious students of the Holmesian canon a level of erudition seldom encountered. In addition to the expected illustrations from <I>The Strand</I> magazine and meticulous scrutiny of chronological evidence of various events, there are references to primary sources and a staggering helping of information from the thousands of works about Sherlock Holmes by others. <p>More than 30 years ago, another great Sherlockian scholar, William S. Baring-Gould, produced a ground-breaking volume that enjoyed more than 35 printings in its original two-volume format and probably sold just as many copies in a slightly less elaborate one-volume size. <I>The Annotated Sherlock Holmes</I> became the single most essential volume in the library of any true Sherlockian, of which the world has far more than you think.<p> Les Klinger has acknowledged Baring-Gould in every way imaginable, and it was an act of extraordinary courage to attempt to supercede that monumental work. But that is exactly what he appears to be doing. The first volume, his annotated edition of <I>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</I>, was introduced by the same publisher last year. There are seven yet to come. <p> If you want to master just about everything there is to know about The Great Detective and The Good Doctor, to understand what Holmes meant when he referred to "a comet vintage" of wine, and to know what discrepancies there are between the English and American editions of the works, plus a thousand other things relating to Holmes, Watson, and the England of the Victorian era, you must have this volume, as well as all the others in the series as they become available over the next few years. <I>--Otto Penzler</I> 6328892 1 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes) total:805|5:314|4:336|3:140|2:13|1:3| 805 3358 1067 56 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 20:32:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 20:54:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 27 09:36:58 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:25:34 -0700 2009
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I still have two collections and The Valley of Fear to read, but I think this will be my last one for awhile. H...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 19:24:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:04:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 08:39:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 06:26:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 05:58:11 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:04:13 -0700 2009 ?
I must like Sherlock Holmes/ Conan Doyle because I keep downloading the book, and when I realize I've already listened to the stories, I listen to them again. There is a mystique for me that I can't really name. I grew up reading Nancy Drew. What can I...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:31:55 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:31:26 -0700 2009
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