I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a l...
I'm a fan of the BBC-series called 'Sherlock' and that made me want to read the original books. I really loved to see that the series were based so much on the book. It became a search to find all the resemblances between the two. (I also liked to see that there are several parts that can be found i...
This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel, which introduces us to the great detective through the eyes of his companion Dr. John Watson. The story follows the two men from their first meeting to Watson seeing firsthand Holmes' deductive skills in action. The beginning an the end of the story are reall...
This is the first of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Dr. Watson meets Holmes, they take up residence at 221 B Baker Street, and embark on their first adventure. Much of the Holmes canon consists of short stories, but it begins with two novelettes, this being the first one. I had originally begun with...
It's Sherlock, what more is there to say! I didn't use to consider myself a Holmes fan. I've seen the diabolic film with Robert Downey Junior and some of the much better but ridiculously minuscule television series with Benedict Cumberbatch and thought it was okay, but not amazing. Now this is my th...
I first read A Study in Scarlet as a teenager. I was a fervent mystery fan and read all the “classic” mystery writers with enjoyment. But Arthur Conan Doyle was a craftsman and a superb storyteller. His tales of Holmes and Watson absorbed me, fired my imagination, and gave me hours of entertainment....
I first read A Study in Scarlet as a teenager. I was a fervent mystery fan and read all the “classic” mystery writers with enjoyment. But Arthur Conan Doyle was a craftsman and a superb storyteller. His tales of Holmes and Watson absorbed me, fired my imagination, and gave me hours of entertainment....
So, I originally started off with the first volume of the Barnes & Noble Classics version that includes several of the earlier novels and short stories with the intention of getting through about half the canon before series three of Sherlock comes back to the BBC, but that plan quickly fell to piec...
The birth of a legend - the creation that stands over the crime genre, that has entered the public conciousness. The basis of numerous films, books and TV shows.When you go back to the book that started it all, it makes you realise how little you actually know Sherlock.This is a young man completel...
I loved the first half, and I thought the second half was great, but I am really confused as to why Doyle wrote two completely different books then mashed them together at the mid-way point. So, 4 for enjoyment, 2 for structure. Hopefully the other books/stories aren't quite as disjointed.
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