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“No, no: I never guess. It is a shocking habit,—destructive to the logical faculty.
I chose this one for my read by flashlight/candlelight square for two reason: first, it is short, and second, there is something fitting about reading Sherlock Holmes by candlelight.
This was a reread. I've always preferred The Sign of the Four to A Study in Scarlet, although the latter does have that totally bizzarro digression into Mormon Country, which is always, well, weird. However, The Sign of the Four send ...more
I chose this one for my read by flashlight/candlelight square for two reason: first, it is short, and second, there is something fitting about reading Sherlock Holmes by candlelight.
This was a reread. I've always preferred The Sign of the Four to A Study in Scarlet, although the latter does have that totally bizzarro digression into Mormon Country, which is always, well, weird. However, The Sign of the Four send ...more
It’s Sherlock Holmes. What else is there to say?
I wonder what the reaction was, when this was first released, to Holmes 7% solution. Were people less shocked then by drug use? After all, the original coca-cola had cocaine as an ingredient and was sold by a pharmacist.
You have to remind yourself that this was cutting edge at its time, that Sherlock Holmes was not something well-known or predictable; he was a new creation. After all the reincarnations he has had, that is almost hard to imagine.
I ...more
I wonder what the reaction was, when this was first released, to Holmes 7% solution. Were people less shocked then by drug use? After all, the original coca-cola had cocaine as an ingredient and was sold by a pharmacist.
You have to remind yourself that this was cutting edge at its time, that Sherlock Holmes was not something well-known or predictable; he was a new creation. After all the reincarnations he has had, that is almost hard to imagine.
I ...more
sebenarnya selain mengisahkan kejahatan, buku ini pun mengisahkan kehidupan kolonial Inggris di tanah India. Mengesampingkan kejahatannya yang yah, mungkin sedikit mengerikan seperti kalau menonton film horror dan di saat-saat akan mencapai badabum badabum.. lainnya tidak terlalu mengerikan.
Yang paling mengerikan adalah bagian pemberontakan orang India terhadap kolonial Inggris.. seperti film Bollywood jadul yang pernah saya tonton dan tidak pernah lepas dari ingatan, potongan-potongan tubuh man ...more
Yang paling mengerikan adalah bagian pemberontakan orang India terhadap kolonial Inggris.. seperti film Bollywood jadul yang pernah saya tonton dan tidak pernah lepas dari ingatan, potongan-potongan tubuh man ...more
A re-read. Not my favorite Sherlock but worth an occasional revisit.
# 26 in my chronological read of McCrums 100 greatest.
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