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Loading... Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume IIby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSeries: Sherlock Holmes (omnibus volume 2)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  sringle1202 | Jul 14, 2009 |  Holmes is Holmes, of course: always a fascinating character; and any of his adventures make for cozy, familiar reading. But his later career doesn't quite match the brilliance of his early days. Several times we find him arriving upon the scene only to make a brief deduction, followed by a lengthy bit of exposition by one of the characters already in the know. This is rather anticlimactic. The device reaches its nadir in "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger", where Holmes is reduced to a mere plot device. There he serves only to convey the reader from Baker Street to mysterious lodger in question, who proceeds to tell the actual story from beginning to end. Still, Holmes is Holmes, and even at his weakest he's still worth reading. (  ) baroquem | Jun 20, 2009 | Great read, excellent writing and a great trip into Victorian London and England. ( ) charlie68 | Jun 4, 2009 | Sherlock Holmes is one of the world's most enduring detectives. Doyle's character has inspired a plethora of derivative works running the gamut from print to celluloid, but it is still here, in his original conception, that Holmes remains the freshest, most surprising and utterly enjoyable. (  ) ZanKnits | Jan 14, 2009 | This and Vol. I were the best purchases I have ever made. Doyle has a way with his words to take the reader to the cobblestone streets of London and make you feel like you are there with Holmes and Watson. ( ) offthepage | Aug 12, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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In Volume II, Sherlock Holmes returns from death with a wild tale of how he escaped the tragedy at the falls. It also includes many more Holmes short stories as well as parodies. It has two essays on the private life of Mr. Holmes.
Same review as the first volume...A great read for anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes! (