The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. Klinger
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226 ratings, 4.62 average rating, 21 reviews
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published
November 30th 2004
by W. W. Norton & Company
binding
Hardcover, 1878 pages
literary awards
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work (2005)
isbn
0393059162
(isbn13: 9780393059168)
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A cause for international celebration—the most important Sherlock Holmes publication in four decades.
This monumental edition promises...more
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This edition of Sherlock Holmes stories and novels is marvellous, and absolutely worth the price (which works out to about $30 per volume). The book is physically gorgeous and lovely to touch, with lots of black and white illustrations and notations in red, and smooth glossy paper. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. And the cover design is awesome.
What I've seen of the annotations has really impressed me, too. They are partially fannish theories sprouting around narrative discrepancies and...more
What I've seen of the annotations has really impressed me, too. They are partially fannish theories sprouting around narrative discrepancies and...more
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Read in November, 2008
How can you not say you like Sherlock Holmes? Annotated by a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, this tome was bound to be informative and strange at the same time. One of the things that came to the forefront to me repeatedly on this read-through was how strangely different life was just 100 years ago. It is easy to delude ourselves into believing that we can understand people of the Victorian age (it certainly is a popular time for people to talk about / emulate), but their attitudes on ...more
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Read in December, 2005
This is THE definative set for fans of Sherlock Holmes. There's loads of great footnotes here, detailing aspects of Victorian culture and discussing the links between the stories. It doesn't take itself overly seriously, though -- there's some amusing stuff about possible errors in the manuscript, discontinuities (for example, Watson's wandering war wound), and unlikely but interesting possible connections between the characters. The whole thing's also liberally illustrated, with Sidney Paget's ...more
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Read in January, 1974
recommends it for:
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After reading the other reviews, I think I need to buy a copy of this edition of the stories, All I can comment upon is the stories themselves, which I have read many, many times. Reading Conan Doyle is like eating a big bowl of macaroni and cheese: even though I know how the stories are going to turn, out, going through the uncovering of the clues brings me great comfort. In part, because these characters are old friends, and in part because the author so elegantly turns a phrase. I even k...more
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recommends it for: Anal retentive nerds
recommends it for: Anal retentive nerds
If you've never read the Sherlock Holmes canon this is NOT the place to start. You're better off going with a more portable, straightforward edition without all the notes. But if you're a hardcore fan this is an awesome book. You'll be amazed at the attention to detail and the contortions the editors go to make some sort of continuity ouf of Conan Doyle's stories.
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Are you a complete nerd? Do you read detective stories and come away confused by the details, wondering just what all of Holmes' offhand comments meant in the vernacular, and where they originated? Do you care that Conan Doyle made hundreds, nay, thousands of little, tiny, meaningless mistakes in his novels? This is the annotated collection for you, chum!
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Read in April, 2008
Awesome!! As a dedicated Sherlockian I cannot recomend this set high enough.The research alone that went into these 3 volumes must have taken years. Not to mention the stories themselves. There are very few books ever written that people still read for pleasure that are this old. I give this twelve stars out of five.
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If you like the Sherlock stories then this is a very good book to read them from, it is filled with a biography of Arthur C Doyle, tidbits and explanations of things that were once common knowledge and time lines and time line errors. It is also filled with many illustrations from the various publications.
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Read in January, 2007
The stories and illustrations are great. The annotations, from the universe of "Holmes was real, Watson really wrote the stories, and Conan Doyle..." well, I can't remember what Conan Doyle's supposed role in all this was, but the annotations are twisted.
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My mom started reading Sherlock Holmes novels to me when I was in third grade. I make a point to read at least a few, if not the whole collection, stories every year. Holmes is perfectly flawed. This particular collection is amazing! Facts and insights galore!
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I learned so much about Sir Arthur Conan Dowle and Sherlock Holmes in a 1 credit course I took during my freshman year at Drexel. The professor really made the stories come alive for us and the class discussions were awesome.
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Sure there's the odd weak story here, but the gems more than balance them out. The whole of the canonical short stories. Good notes too. OK, there're cheaper PB editions but this is for the ACD geek. Get the annotated novels too.
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I haven't read every story in these volumes, but I have read the majority. Of the ones I've read, the majority are extremely clever and engaging. A minority lean toward tedious or boring, but they can be easily overlooked.
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yes, i did read all of these. all of them. from an earlier publication though that my grandfather had given me. I loved them then, and I'm sure i'd feel the same way now if i ever find the time to read them again.
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Read in February, 1994
I was sick at home at age 12, and I discovered Sherlock Holmes. I read the entirety of all the short stories as well as most of the novels within a few days. I've been in love ever since.
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Read in January, 2006
Christmas present from mother dearest. I haven't finished every commentary and insight into the man who was Shirlock Holmes, but I'll get there.
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
sleuths worldwide
Perhaps the most beautifuly laid book in my collection. I love the commentary and the inclusion of original drawings. Superb!
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Read in January, 2006
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This is an excellent annotated and illustrated collection of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories.
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A glorious collection that my Dad owns. I should really try to steal it from him next time I visit.
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More Holmes trivia than you can shake a stick, or a pipe, at.
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