Sherlock Holmes (various)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Collection of short stories of the investigator, Sherlock Holmes.

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Holmes és a vándorló sebhely

– Tudja, Holmes, valamit nem értek…
– Tudom, Watson. Önt azért fizetik, hogy valamit ne értsen, nekem meg el kelljen magyaráznom.
– Háhá. Milyen frappáns. Az is milyen frappáns lesz, amikor a kokainját kicserélem szódabikarbónára.
– Jól van na. Folytassa, kérem.
– Szóval itt van ez a vándorló sebhely. A Tanulmány vérvörösben c. epizódban még a vállamon volt az a fránya háborús sérülés, most meg a lábamon. Akkor hogy is van ez?
– Ne csináljon belőle nagy ügyet, kedves Watson. Nem várhatja el egy krimiírótól, hogy minden új munkája előtt újraolvassa a régebbieket.
– Aha. Értem. Viszont árulja el nekem őszintén: miért van az, hogy az első show more utamba kerülő fiatal nőbe, aki kicsit jobban néz ki, mint Picasso avignoni kisasszonyai, muszáj első blikkre beleszeretnem?
– Ezt se vegye a szívére, barátom. Mr. Doyle kénytelen volt valami érzelmi szálat bevinni a sztoriba, mert az írók már akkor is a hölgyolvasókból éltek. Az meg ugye kizárt, hogy engem, a drogfüggőt házasítson ki valakivel.
– Igaz… Akkor most már tényleg csak egyetlen kérdésem van. Ha maga rájött, hogy hol van a gyilkos elrejtett hajója, rajta a kinccsel, akkor miért nem foglalta el rögtön, miért kellett addig várnia, amíg órák múltán kifut a Temzére?
– Most komolyan azt hiszi, hogy Mr. Doyle kihagyta volna az írásművészet első hajós üldözését? Hát anélkül tök lapos lett volna a történet!
– Holmes, maga tényleg mindenre tudja a választ. De tudja mit? Mégis van valami, amivel képes vagyok Önt meglepni!
Azzal Watson hirtelen felpattant, ledobta álbajuszát… és máris ott áll Holmes előtt – SHERLOCK HOLMES!
– Jó, hát ez azért már tényleg hülyeség – mondta Sherlock Holmes. Az egyik.
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Tre av Sherlock Holmes mysterier i serieform. De rödhårigas förening, En skandal i Böhmen och Det sista problemet har tolkats som serier av tre olika serietecknare i version hyfsat lättläst. För min egen del gillar jag tolkningarna av De rödhårigas förening och En skandal i Böhmen (ett måste att ha med eftersom Irene Adler är fantastisk). Däremot har jag svårt för som Det sista problemet är ritat i, kanske framför allt den vindögda Doctor Watson som är riktigt skrämmande. Vad det gäller själva tolkningen av berättelsen har jag inget att invända.

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The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in show more 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Arthur Conan Doyle has a Legacy Library. Legacy libraries are the personal libraries of famous readers, entered by LibraryThing members from the Legacy Libraries group.

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Canonical title
Sherlock Holmes (various) (various)
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Sherlock Holmes; John H. Watson (M.D.)
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A catch-all for various editions titled "sherlock holmes" that cannot be assigned to another work.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery, Graphic Novels & Comics, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
823.8Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1837-1899
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PS1744 .G2Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors19th century

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