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His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes #8)
The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture.
Paperback, 242 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Headline Book Publishing
(first published 1917)
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There are times when only certain types of books will do, when one is feeling in need of some consoling literary friend. At such times I often reach for Agatha Christie, although another old and comforting literary companion is Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
This fairly slight volume contains eight fascinating Holmes stories, each of them a fairly decent length, utterly perfect to curl up with on a chilly December evening. I adore the character of Holmes, it matches exactly the mood tha...more
This fairly slight volume contains eight fascinating Holmes stories, each of them a fairly decent length, utterly perfect to curl up with on a chilly December evening. I adore the character of Holmes, it matches exactly the mood tha...more
I only recently found out that there were two more books of Sherlock Holmes stories that I had yet to read. I can't believe my 14-year-old self didn't discover this when she had to resort to Sherlock Holmes fanfic. I'm kind of disappointed in her. However, it's also kind of an exciting treat for me now, so I guess I can't get too upset about it. This set of stories has some interesting character development between Holmes and Watson that I don't remember seeing in the earlier stories. Then again...more
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(Three-and-a-half stars, really...)
Conan Doyle's penultimate collection of Holmes short stories really shows the central elements of his work so well: bracing atmospheres, a delightful central pairing, and an eye for acts of murderous legerdemain on the one hand; stilted dialogue, lack of suspects, and often one-dimensional characters on the other.
All of the stories here are very enjoyable, although I'd probably rank none of them on my list of "Top Ten". Wisteria Lo...more
Conan Doyle's penultimate collection of Holmes short stories really shows the central elements of his work so well: bracing atmospheres, a delightful central pairing, and an eye for acts of murderous legerdemain on the one hand; stilted dialogue, lack of suspects, and often one-dimensional characters on the other.
All of the stories here are very enjoyable, although I'd probably rank none of them on my list of "Top Ten". Wisteria Lo...more
Inilah buku Sherlock Holmes pertama yang berhasil aku selesaikan. Berbeda dengan hasil ngobrolku dengan Shinta dulu bahwa, dalam istilah Shinta, kisah Sherlock Holmes lack of emotion. Oh tidak! Ternyata Sherlock adalah tipe orang dengan karakter yang aku sukai yaitu ANEH hehe. Sense of humornya mungkin tidak bisa dinikmati oleh semua orang terutama oleh korbannya. Dan yang sering menjadi korban adalah Dr Watson yang malang hu hu hu. Sering kali aku memposisikan diri sebagai Dr Watson sebagai ora...more
3.5 stars. Not as good as the previous collections, maybe because it was a bit shorter, with only a handful of stories and very little was revealed of Holmes and Watson, of their background and personal life, in them.
My favorite stories were The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans where we found out more about Mycroft and The Adventure of the Dying Detective where Holmes took ill.
The last story in this collection, His Last Bow, the epilogue to all Sherlock Holmes st...more
My favorite stories were The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans where we found out more about Mycroft and The Adventure of the Dying Detective where Holmes took ill.
The last story in this collection, His Last Bow, the epilogue to all Sherlock Holmes st...more
"His Last Bow" is a collection of eight Sherlock Holmes short stories and is Conan Doyle's penultimate Holmes book. As always, the stories center around Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective who uses his intellect and wits to solve various crimes and mysteries.
One thing I did note about "His Last Bow" is that all the stories seemed a little bit longer than those in previous short story collections. I was glad of this as I felt it let Conan Doyle write more tho...more
One thing I did note about "His Last Bow" is that all the stories seemed a little bit longer than those in previous short story collections. I was glad of this as I felt it let Conan Doyle write more tho...more
It struck me that a lot of the stories in this collection were a bit longer, allowing Doyle to work through his ideas in a slightly more thorough way without resorting to the padding which fills up space in three of the four novels. This collection includes "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", which so memorably features an Underground train, and (in my edition) "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", in which the said box, containing two gruesome objects packed in sa...more
4.0/5.0
Энэ бол бас богино өгүүлэгүүдийн эмхэтгэл. Гэхдээ хамаагүй богинохон. Яаж ч уншсан, ялангуяа төгсгөлийн бүлэгт Германчуудын Англируу дайрах төлөвлөгөө зэргийг ярьж байгаа нь аргагүй л цаг үеийн шаардлага нь байсан гэлтэй. Гэсэн бусад буюу эхний 6 бүлэг бол яг л Шерлок Холмсын ямар нэгэн нөлөөнд автаагүй гайхалтай илрүүлэлтүүдийнх нь хэсгүүд байх болно.
P.S. Хавтасны зураг: The Dying Detective
3.2/5.0 The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
4.7/5.0 The Adventure of...more
Энэ бол бас богино өгүүлэгүүдийн эмхэтгэл. Гэхдээ хамаагүй богинохон. Яаж ч уншсан, ялангуяа төгсгөлийн бүлэгт Германчуудын Англируу дайрах төлөвлөгөө зэргийг ярьж байгаа нь аргагүй л цаг үеийн шаардлага нь байсан гэлтэй. Гэсэн бусад буюу эхний 6 бүлэг бол яг л Шерлок Холмсын ямар нэгэн нөлөөнд автаагүй гайхалтай илрүүлэлтүүдийнх нь хэсгүүд байх болно.
P.S. Хавтасны зураг: The Dying Detective
3.2/5.0 The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
4.7/5.0 The Adventure of...more
So, as I said previously, Not the last Sherlock Holmes book, although chronologically the last as it finishes at the dawn of The Great War. 'Great' as in 'Huge' rather than 'Spiffing'...
Anyhoo...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are taking a trip across a desert by hot-air balloon. There are not many landmarks; so eventually, they become lost. Luckily, while flying quite low, they see a man.
Holmes shouts, "Sir, could you please tell me where we are?"
...more
Anyhoo...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are taking a trip across a desert by hot-air balloon. There are not many landmarks; so eventually, they become lost. Luckily, while flying quite low, they see a man.
Holmes shouts, "Sir, could you please tell me where we are?"
...more
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a great writer, don't get me wrong. He's very famous and talented and credit is given where it is due. However, Sherlock Holmes isn't my style. I think it's interesting how Holmes solves cases, but I don't find the stories interesting. Therefore, the two stars is because of personal preference, not because of literary merit.
This is the eighth volume of the Sherlock Holmes series and it is another collection of short stories; and was actually the penultimate edition. Still all good and a gripping read. His Last Bow would have made a fantastic end to the stories but with a final volume to come I still have a few of Dr Watson’s tales about the intrepid detective to look forward to.
These fine Sherlock Holmes tales are in the public domain, with a free electronic copy available here.
More hit and miss than The Return of Sherlock Holmes, but on the whole a decent collection of stories.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... yah, nama besar di khalayak pernovelan ini sudah sangat mapan dalam mengolah setiap kata sehingga kita tersihir berada kembali di zaman kegelapan kota inggris yang suram penuh dengan kriminalitas! hebatnya setelah sekian banyak karya Sir Arthur Conan Doyle yang saya baca, "Salam Terakhir" Sherlock Holmes adalah karya yang menarik sebagai penutup. bahkan beritanya para pembaca menginginkan detektif luarbiasa Sherlock Holmes kembali di hidupkan sehingga terbitla...more
The best story in this collection is the one with the name "His Last Bow". The best part is when our villan opens the papers:
"Von Bork undid a winding of string and two wrappers of paper. Then he sat gazing for a moment in silent amazement at a small blue book which lay before him. Across the cover was printed in golden letters Practical Handbook of Bee Culture. Only for one instant did the master spy glare at this strangely irrelevant inscription. The next he was ...more
"Von Bork undid a winding of string and two wrappers of paper. Then he sat gazing for a moment in silent amazement at a small blue book which lay before him. Across the cover was printed in golden letters Practical Handbook of Bee Culture. Only for one instant did the master spy glare at this strangely irrelevant inscription. The next he was ...more
One more collection down, and the most satisfying yet. More action, more active investigation and a good dose of humorous makes for a more consistently entertaining set of tales. Onward!
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Holmes goes out with a bang in this one, with the strongest collection of short stories since he died the first go around! Truth be told, the weakest is actually "His Last Bow".
I love Sherlock Holmes - the books need to be read carefully, they are wordy and so much happens in each story that if you are not paying full attention you completely miss all the intricacies of Holmes investigations and end up having to re-read everything you skimmed! Sigh - so reading this was a battle as usual but totally enjoyable - a few of the stories in this collection really stood out in fact 'His Last Bow' and 'The Adventure of the Dying Detective' particularly. It is a shame there are...more
Includes the Adventure of the Dying Detective, a story that further proves to me the Sherlock Holmes series is a tender bromance masquerading as crime novels. Maybe this is a strange reaction, but I just think it's so adorable.
I have to admit that I still could not stop - being on many 21 hour buses might have helped, but I was still enjoying them, so that says something!
Part of my continuing saga to read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories. This isn't bad, with the exception of the last story, which is rather weak.
Some good stories, one of which takes place on the eve of World War I. Apparently this story was written when World War I was in its third year, and Doyle inserted a bit of propaganda into the story. Definitely some enjoyable stories.
Disappointing compared to the rest of the holmes' books. Feels like an afterthought. Did like the "the dying detective", it was the only one to break out of the standard conan doyle formula.
With all due respect to Agatha Christie and a tip of the hat to Hercule Poirot, there is no better fictional detective than Sherlock Holmes
Eight additional short stories published by Strand magazine ranging from 1893 to 1917, once again, intended by Doyle to be the end of his Holmes series. Typical Doyle, in which he often teases the reader with a few pertinent clues, and then ends a story with a flash-back to explain the origin of the adventure's information.
While I know this isn't the final chapter in the Holmes story, it does include his epilogue, so it rather felt like that. The general stories were classic Holmes and I very much enjoyed them. They jumped around in timeline a bit which was a little weird, but overall a fun read. The story His Last Bow itself was not at all what I expected. I had expected Holmes' epilogue to be a future mystery in the standard style, but it was anything but. Watson didn't narrate and there really wasn't much ...more
Another enjoyable collection of stories. My favorite was the Adventure of the Dying Detective.
In this collection of stories, we see Holmes embroiled in international espionage for the fate of Great Britain!
This is a good collectio of stories to fill in time until the next book arrives at the library.It's especially easy to read on the Kindle
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