May 07, Ea Solinas rated it it was amazing. Everybody knows him -- the pipe-smoking detective on Baker Street with or without the movie-added deerstalker , who is able to deduce all sorts of things just by glancing at a person. The title character is a famous English detective who undertakes bizarre cases that the police cannot handle -- missing fiances, missing heiresses, Christmas turkeys with jewels, incriminating letters, speckled bands, missing racehorses, a Greek translator, sudden suicides, missing spouses, "dream jobs" with strange requirements, and a clash with the diabolical Professor Moriarty.
Sherlock Holmes mysteries come in two types: The case is completely baffling, and Holmes is needed to unravel the knot of obscure clues. The case seems straightforward, but Holmes is needed to connect seemingly unrelated clues to the crime in order to find the REAL perpetrator. There are plenty of both kinds in this book, with a couple dozen cases that require Holmes' unique detecting skills -- it can be something as simple as locating a letter, or something as complex as foiling a robbery or criminal ring. Doyle's stately, dignified prose is heightened by moments of excitement or horror " It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek" , and he wove in a lot of human psychology into Holmes' cases.
Doyle didn't like his detective much, but Sherlock's knife-edged intellect and fascination with puzzles are strangely hypnotic -- even if you wouldn't like to be roomies with the guy, it would be amazing just to sit and watch him work. Watson is the perfect counterpoint for Holmes: And how good is the annotation for this book? In fact, they're too dense at times, leaving you wishing for a little more brevity in the annotation.
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This Annotated Edition from Norton is exquisite! Jul 03, Tatra rated it really liked it Shelves: July 14 - finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. This is a review of just the Adventures, and I'll add in the Memoirs and the New Annotated as a whole later on. A really fascinating study of Sherlock Holmes. As I've said in my review of Study of Scarlet, it really helps to read this and appreciate it, not try to follow along with the mystery.
I liked all of the odd cases that Sherlock has taken on and the different views of him and Watson as the cases go on.
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Holmes is definitely a very peculiar man, even if you take away his amazing deductive skills and I think that these short stories highlight those peculiarities. This book went quicker both times I have read The Adventures and the Memoirs together, but I think it's in part that there's not much too them. Sherlock is still brilliant and Watson is awesome and the two of them together are love, but the tales go by quickly. I think it's in part because Sherlock is less studied by Watson and more just written about. Still, there are several interesting stories in here that I enjoyed. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: I really loved reading the annotated edition.
The comments range from explanations of Victorian Britain to comparisons between the full range of Sherlock stories, to the many theories that people have come up with over the years. The editor writes this book as if Holmes and Watson were actual people and Doyle merely published the stories on behalf of Watson. There were several comments to this belief and it highly amused me. The various theories put forth by a slew of scholars over the years had me talking back to the book at different points. There were also a multitude of illustrations throughout.
All of the illustrations from Paget as well some from the different newspapers that published the stories in America. There were also pictures of places in Victorian London and several other period showings. The Annotated was well worth the read, especially if you have read Sherlock Holmes before. If you're interested, I've read The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes before without the annotation and you can read my past review here.
Jan 18, Stephanie rated it really liked it Shelves: The main thing that bothered me was that these volumes are based on the conceit that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Also, I skipped many of the annotations, as they went very in depth about places buildings, streets, coun The main thing that bothered me was that these volumes are based on the conceit that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Also, I skipped many of the annotations, as they went very in depth about places buildings, streets, counties mentioned in the stories, and it didn't need or desire to read more than a sentence or two if any about, for example, where Whitehall St.
I was expecting more of the notes to be about archaic references, or, for example, the very interesring one of why Holmes is always depicted in popular lore as wearing a deerstalker hat answer: Number of times Holmes is mentioned as wearing a deerstalker: TWO; and it is not even referred to as a "deerstalker.
Of course, I feel purchasing the volumes was worth it for the stories alone and SOME of the extra information. Jul 22, Ned rated it liked it. I still don't care for this annotated version, though. The footnotes half the time contain spoilers for the very story you are reading and the other half contain endless theorizi I am reading the entire Sherlock Holmes canon in order, and it is good that I persevered through "A Study in Scarlet," "The Sign of Four," and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" to reach "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
The footnotes half the time contain spoilers for the very story you are reading and the other half contain endless theorizing trying to reconcile Arthur Conan Doyle's countless careless continuity errors. Apparently, large numbers of people amuse themselves by trying to treat the Sherlock stories as fact and constructing various whimsical and outlandish theories to explain away the errors. Had I not done the same for religion for many years, I might find this amusing.
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Jul 01, Micah Lasher rated it it was amazing Shelves: The introductory and supplementary material is excellent, as are the annotations, by and large. I must admit, however, that I began to mostly ignore the annotations about a third of the way in, reading the stories without interruption or distraction. I was struck by how well Conan Doyle's Holmes and Watson hold up: The language is unadorned and straightforward, yet Watson's voice is unmistakeable and much less of a caricature than we have become used to in television and film representations.
The mysteries are fun and each digestible in a single sitting. I loved Sherlock Holmes as a child and was glad to reacquaint myself. I look forward to tackling the remaining two volumes and even more to sharing these stories with my boys when they are just a bit older. Jul 16, Susan rated it it was amazing Shelves: I thought this was a wonderful introduction to Sherlock Holmes. A lot of notes about the era, the area, and the slang used.
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However, if you don't like the idea of pretending the characters are real, some of the notes will drive you crazy, as the author announces in the introduction that they will treat them as such, and references interesting or outlandish theories about different events. I rather enjoyed it as my first Sherlock Holmes book, but recognize that many people can't stand the "light I thought this was a wonderful introduction to Sherlock Holmes. I rather enjoyed it as my first Sherlock Holmes book, but recognize that many people can't stand the "light fiction" used by the author.
Be warned, it's a hefty book, but considering all the notes, the introduction with the theorized lives of Holmes and Watson and Sir Doyle's life, and the timeline at the end including important events for everything from the character's lives to the world at large, it's not surprising. I would definitely recommend it. Oct 04, Rebecca rated it it was amazing. There is not much to review on the stories of literature's greatest detective. Sherlock Holmes is engaging, quirky, and a master of detail.
Watson is a faithful storyteller who never quite seems to be on the same page as Holmes, and is okay with that. This is my first time reading a collection of the stories I've read a few individual ones here and there , and I thought the annotated version would be really helpful and interesting. Some notes were valuable to the modern reader on vocabulary and There is not much to review on the stories of literature's greatest detective. Some notes were valuable to the modern reader on vocabulary and customs of Victorian England. However, most of the others seemed focused on 1 identifying specific places in London I've never been, so that doesn't hold much meaning for me or 2 identifying discrepancies in the Sherlock Holmes "historical timeline".
Perhaps exciting to an experienced reader, I gave up on the notes about halfway through the book. Jun 17, Rachel rated it liked it Shelves: While I'm not a huge Sherlock Holmes fan, I have seen several film adaptations of the stories and figured it was time I actually read them. I enjoyed the stories and the notes were interesting. At first I was puzzled by some of the notes when Holmes and Watson were referred to as if they were real people; after I went back and read the introduction it made more sense.
Leslie Klinger is a fan of Sherlockian scholarship which views the stories as if everyone involved were real people. I like the i While I'm not a huge Sherlock Holmes fan, I have seen several film adaptations of the stories and figured it was time I actually read them.
I like the information contained in the notes, however I enjoyed just reading the story straight through first, then going back to skim through the notes. I mostly focused on notes explaining some of the slang or historical incidents. All in all a good book to check out from the library. The Adventure of the Crooked Man Customer Ratings We have not received enough ratings to display an average for this book.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Hound of the Baskervilles. A Study in Scarlet. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Clair's wife receives a letter from her husband. Holmes concludes, then proves, that the beggar is actually St. Clair in disguise; he confesse that he has been leading a double life as a beggar, making more money that way than in his nominal work.
A "Blue Carbuncle" is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement goose. The detective continues his search, first to an inn and then a dealer in Covent Garden. The dealer refuses to provide Holmes with information about the source of the goose, but Holmes observes another man trying to find the same information, and confronts him.
The man, the head attendant at the hotel, confesses to his crime. Holmes allows him to remain free, arguing that prison could make him a hardened criminal later. Helen Stoner worries her stepfather may be trying to kill her after he contrives to move her to the bedroom where her sister had died two years earlier, shortly before her wedding.
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During a late-night investigation of the bedroom, Holmes and Watson discover a dummy bell-pull near a ventilator. As they lie in wait a whistle sounds, then a snake appears through the ventilator. Holmes attacks the snake with his riding crop; it retreats to the next room, where it attacks and kills Stoner's stepfather. An engineer, Victor Hatherley, attends Dr Watson's surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes.
Hatherley had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherley was told to keep the job confidential, and was transported to the job in a carriage with frosted glass, to keep the location secret. He was shown the press, but on closer inspection discovered a "crust of metallic deposit" on the press, and he suspected it was not being used for compressing earth. He confronted his employer, who attacked him, and during his escape his thumb is chopped off.
Holmes deduces that the press is being used to produce counterfeit coins, and works out its location. However, when they arrive, the house is on fire, and the criminals have escaped. Simon's new American bride, Hatty Doran, has disappeared almost immediately after the wedding. The servants had prevented an old love interest of his from forcing her way into the wedding breakfast, Hatty had been seen in whispered conversation with her maid, and Inspector Lestrade arrives with the news that Hatty's wedding dress and ring have been found floating in the Serpentine.
Holmes quickly solves the mystery, locating Hatty at a hotel with a mysterious, "common-looking" man who had picked up her dropped bouquet after the ceremony. The man turns out to be Hatty's husband Frank, whom she had thought dead in America, and who had managed to locate her only moments before she was to marry Lord St.
Frank and Hatty had just determined to go to Lord St. Simon in order to explain the situation when Holmes found them. A banker asks Holmes to investigate after a "Beryl Coronet" entrusted to him is damaged at his home.
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Awakened by noise, he had found his son, Arthur, holding the damaged coronet. Arthur refuses to speak, neither admitting guilt nor explaining himself. Footprints in the snow outside the house tell Holmes that the banker's niece had conspired with a blackguard to steal the coronet; Arthur had discovered the crime in progress and the coronet had been damaged during his struggle to prevent it being stolen. He had refused to tell his father the truth of the crime because of his love for his cousin.
Violet Hunter consults Holmes after being offered a governess job subject to a number of unusual conditions, including cutting her hair short.