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Sep 25, 2013 06:35AM
A foundational work of the genre!
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I have read these already but I got them in audiobook form this summer (from SYNC) so I guess that I will 'reread' them by listening to this. I will also be reading The Valley of Fear for another group, if anyone wants to double up their Holmes reading!
Leslie, would like to join you in reading "Valley of fear" once am done with "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" !
I read (and enjoyed!) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes not long ago. I think I'll read the Valley of Fear along with Leslie and Poornima - somehow that one is not on my bookshelf!!
Turns out that I have this audiobook already! I also had it from Sync. I've only ever read Hound of the Baskervilles, so this will be a good read to see what made him popular in the first place.
I will be starting The Valley of Fear in a few days (or maybe a week). I will set up a thread for the buddy read in case anyone wants to start sooner.BTW, I am enjoying the audiobook of The Adventures... so far.
Discussion should be open now...Anyone have a favorite story? least favorite?
I like "A Scandal in Bohemia" mainly because it has Irene Adler in it! But for the plot, I think my favorite is either "The Red Headed League" or "The Engineer's Thumb".
I also liked "A Scandal in Bohemia". Irene Adler is such an interesting and memorable character, almost feminist in her assertions--even if she is a criminal. I also liked "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", but especially "The Man with the Twisted Lip" and "The Red-Headed League" for offering creative examples of the societal problems of employment and identity fraud, problems we still face today.
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Laura wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Discussion should be open now...Anyone have a favorite story? least favorite?
I like "A Scandal in Bohemia" mainly because it has Irene Adler in it!..."
Did you see "A Scandal i..."
Laura wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Discussion should be open now...
Anyone have a favorite story? least favorite?
I like "A Scandal in Bohemia" mainly because it has Irene Adler in it!..."
Did you see "A Scandal i..."
Is "Belgravia the one where she's nude?
I have just finished reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and found all of the stories to be quite innovative. A Scandal In Bohemia was the best.
Just finished reading this! . Enjoyed the below ones most:
- Scandal in Bohemia (for Sherlock having met his match)
- Adventure of the blue carbuncle (for the literal goose chase!)
- Adventure of the speckled band (nice setting for the mystery)
- Adventure of the Engineer's thumb (this had very interesting plot)
