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The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Series: Sherlock Holmes (6)

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This book has some short stories.

I like "The Golden Glasses" the best.

Holmes`s way to investigate and his inference was demonstrated all of this story.

This book`s start is return of holmes.

But he is aimed by someone in the empty house.

Please think who it is.

It was....

Doyle`s stories are very exciting.

I want you to read his books at least one or two. ( )
  nanoc | Jun 17, 2009 |
The Holmes that returns from Reichenbach is a very different one to that before Final Problem. I can't remember the last time I read this but the stories don't have the same mental intensity of the earlier works. Here, Holmes deals with a different class of clientele, there is less of foggy, atmospheric London and greater reference to the colonies of the Empire. Most importantly there is less detection. Either I've gotten smarter or the stories are less painstaking in its detail - and I doubt it's the former. On resurrecting Holmes, Doyle's writing is occasionally half-hearted and dour. His reluctance may also account for the memorable but gruesome violence and the abrupt conclusions to cases. However, Return is still, in my mind, a classic. ( )
  skullstuffing | Sep 28, 2008 |
This book is interesting. ( )
  deepimpact | Jul 15, 2008 |
I think almost all the people know Sherlock Holmes.
This book includes three story.
One of story, Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery from a few clue. For example scar of keyhole or the golden glasses.

By the way, I think Conan Doyle is very smart, not Sherlock Holmes. ( )
  Anntya | Jun 26, 2008 |
Sherlock Holmes is timeless! The baker's dozen of Adventures that appear in this book are: The Empty House, The Norwood Builder, The Dancing Men, The Solitary Cyclist, The Priory School, Black Peter, Charles Augustus Milverton, The Six Napoleons, The Three Students, The Golden Pince-nez, The Missing Three-quarter, The Abbey Grange, and The Second Stain. ( )
  anneofia | Jun 23, 2008 |
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0895774011, Hardcover)

Sherlock Holmes was not the only writing Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) did but Holmes and Dr. Watson are his most remembered characters.

Holmes titled himself a "Consulting Detective". His powers of observation, his understanding of crime, and his insights into the criminal mind were brilliant. His knowledge of things not related to crime were extemely limited, except in opera and the violin.

Like many other authors famous for a single character, Arthur Conan Doyle attempted to "kill" Holmes. But the readers would not let this happen. Holmes eventually appeared in 56 short stories and 4 novels.

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