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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A delight for a public which enjoys incident, mystery, and above all that matching of the wits of a clever man against the dumb resistance of the secrecy of inanimate things, which results in the triumph of the human intelligence.
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ng you."
"Then, pray consult," said Holmes, shutting his eyes once more.
"The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler. The name is no doubt familiar to you."
"Kindly look her up in my index, Doctor," murmured Holmes without opening his eyes. For many years he had adopted a system of docketing all paragraphs concerning men and things, so that it was difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not at once furnish information. In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.
"Let me see!" said Holmes. "Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Contralto--hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw--yes! Retired from operatic stage--ha! Living in London--quite so! Your Majesty, as I understand, became entangled with this young person, wrote
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Best collection of mystery short stories ever written.
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Read the entire collected works. You can take Sherlock Holmes in small doses...but it is never enough...It's like having one bite of your Grandmother's fried chicken on Sunday afternoon and told to stop there and go outside and play. Holmes and Watson are simply the greatest sleuths this side of Dirty Harry...and those in my opinion are the extreme opposites. Enjoy and come back and enjoy again. Holmes is worth every minute spent with him.
05/21/2010
truly awesome like every other
03/30/2010
Very enojyable read, well worth it!
01/29/2010
i simply love it
01/21/2010
nice book
01/19/2010
Sherlock Holmes is the man :)
12/30/2009
This is a really detailed book. It's very exciting, and intriging at the same time. I will recommend it to all my friends.
12/03/2009
It is a great book.I've read many of Sir Conan Dolye books but the most interesting book I've ever came through is The adventures of sherlock holmes.
09/20/2009
A masterpiece from Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection of stories is excellent and very interesting.
Also refer to the great work from the same auther.. The hound of Baskervilles
Also refer to the great work from the same auther.. The hound of Baskervilles
02/25/2009
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