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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #11
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
Seis aventuras com Sherlock Holmes, o mais famoso detetive inglê “O Carbúnculo Azul”, “A Faixa Manchada”, “O Polegar do Técnico”, “O Solteirão Nobre”, “O Roubo da Coroa de Berilos” e “As Faias de Cobre”.
48 pages, Print on Demand (Paperback)
First published May 1, 1892
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Arthur Conan Doyle
15.9k books24.5k followersSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
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February 15, 2021
Interesante caso sobre el robo de una corona de un valor incalculable. Una gran cantidad de circunstancias pondrán a prueba a la sagaz mente del gran Sherlock.
Interesting case about the theft of an invaluable crown. Many circumstances will test the shrewd mind of the great Sherlock.
Interesting case about the theft of an invaluable crown. Many circumstances will test the shrewd mind of the great Sherlock.
September 20, 2017
One of the more enjoyable Sherlock Holmes short mysteries!
A desperate banker, Mr. Holder, comes to Sherlock Holmes with a problem that could ruin him: a precious coronet made of gold and beryls was entrusted to him as collateral for a loan. Not wanting to risk leaving the coronet in his banker's safe, he decides it will be safer with him personally (WHUT). So he carries it around all evening and then puts it in a locked bureau in his room when he goes to sleep.
Holder wakes up in the middle of the night: his wastrel son is holding the coronet, which has a large piece broken off and missing. Understandably, he accuses his son. But could the story be more complicated than it appears? Sherlock seems to think so...
A subtler mystery than I expected, and one of my favorites in the The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes collection.
A desperate banker, Mr. Holder, comes to Sherlock Holmes with a problem that could ruin him: a precious coronet made of gold and beryls was entrusted to him as collateral for a loan. Not wanting to risk leaving the coronet in his banker's safe, he decides it will be safer with him personally (WHUT). So he carries it around all evening and then puts it in a locked bureau in his room when he goes to sleep.
Holder wakes up in the middle of the night: his wastrel son is holding the coronet, which has a large piece broken off and missing. Understandably, he accuses his son. But could the story be more complicated than it appears? Sherlock seems to think so...
A subtler mystery than I expected, and one of my favorites in the The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes collection.
December 26, 2020
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet is one of the stories from the canon of Sherlock Holmes that is often overlooked, and yet it is a story in keeping with many other Conan Doyle stories. Indeed, there is cause for the detective to don a disguise, and even solve the case for the client with a dramatic flourish.
The case of the Beryl Coronet is brought to Holmes by Alexander Holder, a banker who had been entrusted with the precious crown. A theft had occurred, and some of the precious stones were missing; there seems to be only one suspect for the theft, Arthur Holder, Alexander’s son, as Arthur was apparently caught in the act.
Holmes of course, looks beyond the obvious to discover the real solution to the case; with Holmes observing, rather than simply seeing.
Making the obvious solution not the correct one, was something that many other crime writers have subsequently taken up. Agatha Christie indeed was famous for making Inspector Japp and Captain Hastings take the obvious as read, whilst Poirot would use his “little grey cells”.
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet is perhaps overlooked because it was not one of the Sherlock Holmes stories adapted by Granada TV, with Jeremy Brett starring as Holmes. The short story though, did make an appearance as an episode in the 1965 BBC series of Sherlock Holmes, airing on the 10th April 1965, with Douglas Wilmer in the lead role.
The case of the Beryl Coronet is brought to Holmes by Alexander Holder, a banker who had been entrusted with the precious crown. A theft had occurred, and some of the precious stones were missing; there seems to be only one suspect for the theft, Arthur Holder, Alexander’s son, as Arthur was apparently caught in the act.
Holmes of course, looks beyond the obvious to discover the real solution to the case; with Holmes observing, rather than simply seeing.
Making the obvious solution not the correct one, was something that many other crime writers have subsequently taken up. Agatha Christie indeed was famous for making Inspector Japp and Captain Hastings take the obvious as read, whilst Poirot would use his “little grey cells”.
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet is perhaps overlooked because it was not one of the Sherlock Holmes stories adapted by Granada TV, with Jeremy Brett starring as Holmes. The short story though, did make an appearance as an episode in the 1965 BBC series of Sherlock Holmes, airing on the 10th April 1965, with Douglas Wilmer in the lead role.
June 25, 2023
Otro caso más que me ha parecido súper interesante, sobre todo porque siempre pensé que el culpable del robo de la diadema iba a ser la misma persona que se la dio al banquero, pero en realidad no fue así, sino que todo fue culpa de una mujer engañada por un hombre.
Creo que poco a poco le iré cogiendo el tiro a las deducciones de Sherlock y ya les contaré si, cuando acabe de leer toda la colección, logro adivinar algún resultado.
Creo que poco a poco le iré cogiendo el tiro a las deducciones de Sherlock y ya les contaré si, cuando acabe de leer toda la colección, logro adivinar algún resultado.
October 7, 2023
A slightly better story than the others, as it checks Holmes's theory that the truth remains after subtracting the improbable variants., even if it does look not obvious at all.
February 10, 2017
لجأت لصديقي هولمز المغرور قليلا ليخرجني من حالة الكآبة التي أصابتني بعد قراءة رواية "العمي" لساراماجو وليعيدني للقراءة عموما بعد أن زهدت فيها فترة
لن امل من ترديد أن مغامرات شيرلوك هولمز هي بمثابة الشوكولاتة التي أحبها وألتهمها بنهم :)
هنا مغامرة مثيرة يتنازع أبطالها أشكال شتى من العواطف ومحاولة الموازنة والموائمة بين العقل والقلب وإملاءات كل منهما
أحببتها بالفعل
شكرا هولمز ^_^
لن امل من ترديد أن مغامرات شيرلوك هولمز هي بمثابة الشوكولاتة التي أحبها وألتهمها بنهم :)
هنا مغامرة مثيرة يتنازع أبطالها أشكال شتى من العواطف ومحاولة الموازنة والموائمة بين العقل والقلب وإملاءات كل منهما
أحببتها بالفعل
شكرا هولمز ^_^
October 7, 2023
This story was published for the first time in The Strand Magazine (May 1892) with the usual illustrations made by Sidney Paget.
Three beryls from a British Earl coronet are missing, a young guy is seen with the coronet in his hands and all looks obvious. But, as Holmes says, sometimes the evidence is not the truth...
Three beryls from a British Earl coronet are missing, a young guy is seen with the coronet in his hands and all looks obvious. But, as Holmes says, sometimes the evidence is not the truth...
March 7, 2024
❄️ ندخل في اجواء ساحرة من الغموض مع العزيز هولمز ليشعل فينا شرارة نهم القرائة من جديد ،تدور الأحداث مع مصرفي شهير تم التواصل معه بواسطة احدي الشخصيات ذات الثقل الكبير في المجتمع ليأخذ قرضا من المال متماشيا مع هذا الثقل ،وتكون الضمانة لهذا القرض هو تاج مرصع ب ٣٦ زمردة تدور الأحداث ،وتدور التساؤلات حول هل يمكن للمشاعر ان تقود الإنسان لفعل ما لم يتخيل نفسه يفعله ، وهل النبل يمكن ان يودي بحياة النبيل في نهاية المطاف .
❄️لا تنسو الدعاء لإخوتنا بفلسطين
October 9, 2025
5 stars & 5/10 hearts. This was one of the very earliest Sherlock stories I read, and I always loved it. The broken banker, loving Mary, loyal Arthur, wicked Sir George, the unknown client, and poor Lucy + her one-legged sweetheart, all create a most interesting cast, especially when coupled with the inimitable Holmes & Watson. Then Sherlock’s championship for the boy, the unexpected dénouement, and the dramatic elements of the story make for a fascinating read leaving you with many thoughts.
Content: 5 instances of swearing.
A Favourite Quote: “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Down the centre of Baker Street it had been ploughed into a brown crumbly band by the traffic, but at either side and on the heaped-up edges of the foot-paths it still lay as white as when it fell.
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “What did the police think of the noise which awoke you from your sleep?”
“They considered that it might be caused by Arthur’s closing his bedroom door.”
“A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household… Now, my dear sir, is it not obvious to you now that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you or the police were at first inclined to think? It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex. Consider what is involved by your theory. You suppose that your son came down from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, opened your bureau, took out your coronet, broke off by main force a small portion of it, went off to some other place, concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six into the room in which he exposed himself to the greatest danger of being discovered. I ask you now, is such a theory tenable?”
Content: 5 instances of swearing.
A Favourite Quote: “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Down the centre of Baker Street it had been ploughed into a brown crumbly band by the traffic, but at either side and on the heaped-up edges of the foot-paths it still lay as white as when it fell.
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “What did the police think of the noise which awoke you from your sleep?”
“They considered that it might be caused by Arthur’s closing his bedroom door.”
“A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household… Now, my dear sir, is it not obvious to you now that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you or the police were at first inclined to think? It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex. Consider what is involved by your theory. You suppose that your son came down from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, opened your bureau, took out your coronet, broke off by main force a small portion of it, went off to some other place, concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six into the room in which he exposed himself to the greatest danger of being discovered. I ask you now, is such a theory tenable?”
July 26, 2023
4 Stars. Let's get past the obvious! What's a "Beryl Coronet?" Beryl is a jewel, based on beryllium aluminum, which can have many colours depending on impurities. Opaque blue is very beautiful. A coronet is a small crown often worn by lesser royalty. Holmes and Watson are visited one snowy morning by Alexander Holder, the co-owner of the banking firm Holder and Stevenson. He recently took possession of a beryl coronet as collateral for the approval of a 50,000 pound loan. Huge amount 130 years ago. The coronet was topped by 39 enormous beryls. Being anxious, he decided to take it home. Unfortunately, early the next morning, he intercepted his son Arthur stealing it, during which it was damaged. Holder desperately needs help to determine the exact circumstances, and possibly more important, avoid a public scandal involving the bank. I read it in "Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories" published in 2020. It's in this story that Holmes says, "It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Echoes of that famous line are still heard 13 decades later. (June 2021)
April 17, 2018
"The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" is the eleventh story in the
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
story collection, the third publication in the Sherlock Holmes series (after the first two novels, so the first story collection).
Holmes consults with a man who was keeping the famous and priceless Beryl Coronet as collateral for a loan of money, only to wake up in the night to discover his son - a gambler - holding the now twisted coronet, with three jewels missing.
Probably my least favourite story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but really that just tells you the calibre of the stories in this collection.
Holmes consults with a man who was keeping the famous and priceless Beryl Coronet as collateral for a loan of money, only to wake up in the night to discover his son - a gambler - holding the now twisted coronet, with three jewels missing.
Probably my least favourite story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but really that just tells you the calibre of the stories in this collection.
November 14, 2022
منذ مدة طويلة جدا لم أقرأ ولا رواية
و أية رواية ! بوليسية ! كانت أشبه بالعودة إلى الماضي إلى نشوة المطالعة الأولى لما بدأت أكتشف عالم القراءة
منذ مدة طويلة و أنا ألزم نفسي فقط بالقراءات الجادة
و منذ العام الماضي ألزمتني أكثر خاصة بالكتب ال��ينية
لكن مع نقص وسائل الترويح عن النفس و في خضم ضغوط الحياة المختلفة
و إقناعا لنفسي بأنني سأستفيد ولو من باب تطوير أسلوبي اللغوي و ربما كتابتي الروائية السيئة التي لا تزال يطرق بابها العديد من الأفكار لكنها تأبى و تنكفئ على نفسها
الى اجل غير معلوم
تود النضوج دون خروج و دون سقوط
لا ادري لم اثرثر كثيرا
بينما كان يجدر بي ان اقدم مراجعة رواية شرلوك هولمز هذه
ربما لأنه الفضاء الوحيد تقريبا الذي يجده فيه المرء راحة قلبه
بعيدا عن سفاسف وسائل التواصل الأخرى
على كل الرواية جميلة و ربما افضل من روايات شيرلوك الاخرى
بالإضافة الى تاح الزمرد توجد معها قصة العصابة الرقطاء
و هي ايضا جيدة
دمتم
🙃
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هنا أتحدث عن الكتب و أشارك أفكار
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxV...
و أية رواية ! بوليسية ! كانت أشبه بالعودة إلى الماضي إلى نشوة المطالعة الأولى لما بدأت أكتشف عالم القراءة
منذ مدة طويلة و أنا ألزم نفسي فقط بالقراءات الجادة
و منذ العام الماضي ألزمتني أكثر خاصة بالكتب ال��ينية
لكن مع نقص وسائل الترويح عن النفس و في خضم ضغوط الحياة المختلفة
و إقناعا لنفسي بأنني سأستفيد ولو من باب تطوير أسلوبي اللغوي و ربما كتابتي الروائية السيئة التي لا تزال يطرق بابها العديد من الأفكار لكنها تأبى و تنكفئ على نفسها
الى اجل غير معلوم
تود النضوج دون خروج و دون سقوط
لا ادري لم اثرثر كثيرا
بينما كان يجدر بي ان اقدم مراجعة رواية شرلوك هولمز هذه
ربما لأنه الفضاء الوحيد تقريبا الذي يجده فيه المرء راحة قلبه
بعيدا عن سفاسف وسائل التواصل الأخرى
على كل الرواية جميلة و ربما افضل من روايات شيرلوك الاخرى
بالإضافة الى تاح الزمرد توجد معها قصة العصابة الرقطاء
و هي ايضا جيدة
دمتم
🙃
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هنا أتحدث عن الكتب و أشارك أفكار
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxV...
August 8, 2017
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet is one of the stories from the standard of Sherlock Holmes that is regularly ignored, but then it is a story with regards to numerous other Conan Doyle stories. In reality, there is cause for the criminologist to wear a camouflage, and even comprehend the case for the customer with a sensational prosper.
The instance of the Beryl Coronet is conveyed to Holmes by Alexander Holder, a broker who had been depended with the valuable crown. A robbery had happened, and a portion of the valuable stones were lost; there is by all accounts just a single suspect for the burglary, Arthur Holder, Alexander's child, as Arthur was clearly gotten in the demonstration.
Holmes obviously, looks past the conspicuous to find the genuine answer for the case; with Holmes watching, instead of basically observing.
The instance of the Beryl Coronet is conveyed to Holmes by Alexander Holder, a broker who had been depended with the valuable crown. A robbery had happened, and a portion of the valuable stones were lost; there is by all accounts just a single suspect for the burglary, Arthur Holder, Alexander's child, as Arthur was clearly gotten in the demonstration.
Holmes obviously, looks past the conspicuous to find the genuine answer for the case; with Holmes watching, instead of basically observing.
January 12, 2015
5 Words: Perfect length for a cuppa.
How can these family's do this to each other?
Another great story. I love Holmes more and more with each one. Why didn't I read these sooner?
How can these family's do this to each other?
Another great story. I love Holmes more and more with each one. Why didn't I read these sooner?
August 8, 2020
كتاب مسلي وقصير.
January 30, 2018
Sometimes I think this author is really over-rated. Yes, there I said it!
The story of a man who hides a valuable coronet (small crown) in his house. He's a banker, so WHAT is he thinking? He's keeping it as collateral - in exchange for a bank 'loan' - and intends to return it as soon as possible. But the coronet is PUBLIC PROPERTY and probably belongs to the ROYAL FAMILY, so if it's lost or stolen, the banker is in HUGE trouble.
So of course it IS stolen and Holmes is on the case. Just by looking around, examining footprints, and interviewing the handful of people who were in and around and about the house (at the time of the theft), Holmes solves the case. Of course he does.
I stand unimpressed and not simply because this all happened in the 19th century. Maybe I'm just getting tired of Mr. Holme's smugness and the absolute awe the other characters hold him in. Yeah, that's it.
2.5 stars, rounded up to 3.
The story of a man who hides a valuable coronet (small crown) in his house. He's a banker, so WHAT is he thinking? He's keeping it as collateral - in exchange for a bank 'loan' - and intends to return it as soon as possible. But the coronet is PUBLIC PROPERTY and probably belongs to the ROYAL FAMILY, so if it's lost or stolen, the banker is in HUGE trouble.
So of course it IS stolen and Holmes is on the case. Just by looking around, examining footprints, and interviewing the handful of people who were in and around and about the house (at the time of the theft), Holmes solves the case. Of course he does.
I stand unimpressed and not simply because this all happened in the 19th century. Maybe I'm just getting tired of Mr. Holme's smugness and the absolute awe the other characters hold him in. Yeah, that's it.
2.5 stars, rounded up to 3.
August 7, 2021
It has become a constant struggle to not give books that I manage to finish the score I designed for them but man, this was garbage. Sherlock works better on the screen.
January 9, 2022
إنه الحب يا صديقي!
July 19, 2016
مغامرات شارلوك هولمز , تأليف السيد آرثر كونان دويل
قضية " تاج الزمرد " هي القضية الحادية عشر من مغامرات شارلوك هولمز .
قصة تاج فيه تسع و ثلاثون زمردة ترك من طرف أحد النبلاء الكبار في بريطانيا بعهدة أحد كبار المصرفيين بعد أن تدين منه مبلغا من المال , و لكن و قع المحظور بعد أ تمنت سرقت ثلاث زكردات من هذا التاج الذي أخذه المصرفي معه إلى منزله خوفا من فقدانه . فيتهم الإبن بالسرقة و تحبسه الشرطة و هنا يتدخل شارلوك ليبث في أمر هذه القضية و يحسمها .
قضية " تاج الزمرد " هي القضية الحادية عشر من مغامرات شارلوك هولمز .
قصة تاج فيه تسع و ثلاثون زمردة ترك من طرف أحد النبلاء الكبار في بريطانيا بعهدة أحد كبار المصرفيين بعد أن تدين منه مبلغا من المال , و لكن و قع المحظور بعد أ تمنت سرقت ثلاث زكردات من هذا التاج الذي أخذه المصرفي معه إلى منزله خوفا من فقدانه . فيتهم الإبن بالسرقة و تحبسه الشرطة و هنا يتدخل شارلوك ليبث في أمر هذه القضية و يحسمها .
January 26, 2018
(4.5)
I definitely was not expecting that. I definitely didn't think the suspected person was the one who took them, but it didn't even occur to me that it would this other person (trying to be vague to avoid spoilers). Really enjoyed this one!
I definitely was not expecting that. I definitely didn't think the suspected person was the one who took them, but it didn't even occur to me that it would this other person (trying to be vague to avoid spoilers). Really enjoyed this one!
October 15, 2019
This was a pretty enjoyable case. I could follow it easily and it wasn't too outlandish to believe. I suspected who it was going to be pretty early on though.
I also had to google what a coronet was as I had no idea.
I also had to google what a coronet was as I had no idea.
January 1, 2021
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #11: Good one about son accused of stealing a coronet.
January 22, 2018
صارت قصص هولمز بمثابة الوجبات الخفيفة بين القراءات الثقيلة ( ؛
October 4, 2022
لا شيء يُذكر.
Pas grand chose.
Pas grand chose.
May 7, 2020
Relying on the keen senses of the best detective to walk the streets of London, a prominent financier is entrusted with the safekeeping of a Beryl Coronet of which the man does not feel safe leaving it within the vaults of his bank. He takes it home just to find it within his son's grasp and a corner of it with 3 stones missing.
Holmes, with his meticulous sense of detail leaves no stone unturned in his quest to find out what really happened with the Coronet.
This short story really hits on the greatness of Sherlock Holmes and why he had so many fans. Probably one of the best short stories I've read.
Holmes, with his meticulous sense of detail leaves no stone unturned in his quest to find out what really happened with the Coronet.
This short story really hits on the greatness of Sherlock Holmes and why he had so many fans. Probably one of the best short stories I've read.
May 14, 2024
I am binge-reading the Sherlock Holmes stories this week so that I can actually read a story with Mycroft and Moriarty in it. 😜
I guessed who the culprit was. Not through means of observation so much, I am afraid—for some of the clues that Holmes gathered were ones I did not think of—but more by, as mentioned in quite a few different Holmes stories, intuition.
I guessed who the culprit was. Not through means of observation so much, I am afraid—for some of the clues that Holmes gathered were ones I did not think of—but more by, as mentioned in quite a few different Holmes stories, intuition.
December 19, 2016
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a fun ride full of interesting mysteries that I mostly solved with easy but still story by story this eccentric detective grew on me and I found myself truly enjoying a book after a long reading slump that was on and off during the whole year.
January 16, 2017
A short one. Part of a fancy coronet goes missing. Sherlock Holmes talks down to people, runs around a bit without telling Watson what he's doing, and then proudly produces the missing gems with a flourish and some self-congratulating. That's about it!
January 3, 2019
3.5 stars
A reasonable entertaining mystery story with enough suspense to keep me occupied to the end.
Nothing groundbreaking here, though.
A reasonable entertaining mystery story with enough suspense to keep me occupied to the end.
Nothing groundbreaking here, though.
August 31, 2019
I zoned out pretty much the entire story.
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