The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Arthur Conan Doyle
published
September 20th 2004
by Barnes & Noble Classics
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Hardcover, 752 pages
isbn
1593082045
(isbn13: 9781593082048)
description
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. D...more
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. D...more
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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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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 truth -- a ...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 truth -- a ...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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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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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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