Books by Arthur Conan Doyle
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review 1: شيرلوك هولمز العظيم vs البروفيسور موريارتي الشريرلقاء العقول..وصدام العمالقةكانت خير ختام للسلسة الثانية من قضايا شيرلوك هولمز,لم تكن فيها عقدة محددة أو قضية تبغي حلا وتدخلا من هولمز كالمعتاد,لكنها كانت مغامرة قوية سريعة مثيرة متلاحقة الأحداث ولم تترك مجالا لإلتقاط الأنفاس.تحكي ع...
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review 1: In this story, Dr. Watson receives a letter, which he then refers to Holmes, from Percy Phelps, a former schoolmate who is now a Foreign Office employee from Woking and has had an important naval treaty stolen from his office. It disappeared while Phelps had stepped out of his of...
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review 1: This story, set in 1891, introduces Holmes's greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty.Holmes arrives at Dr. John Watson's residence one evening in a somewhat agitated state and with grazed and bleeding knuckles. He has apparently escaped three murder at...
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review 1: This Sherlock Holmes story was one of my favorites. And the main bad guy Professor James Moriarty he is the archenemy of Sherlock, Just think about for a second. You have the world's greatest criminal mastermind of london against the world's greatest detective of london sparks ar...
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review 1: I hadn't read this one before, evidently tales of opium dens and street beggars don't make it into the childrens version of Holmes I read as a young boy(!)There aren't many clues but the conclusion is still pretty obvious unfortunately. I also have a problem with the fact a wife ...
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review 1: Nice short story. If you are used to Mr. Doyle style, you can almost infer the solution to this one, with some imagination... The plot is interesting: A banker, Mr. Alexander Holder of Streatham, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves the Beryl Coronet...
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review 1: Another amazing plot and "elementary" deduction featuring Sherlock Holmes! Holmes calls on Watson late one evening to tell him about a case that he has been working on, and also to invite him to be a witness to the final stage of the investigation. Colonel James Barclay, of The R...
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review 1: I'm not sure to what extent Culbard (the illustrator) or Ian Edginton ("Text adapted by") are responsible for the final product, whether it was more one or the other. That said, the strong points of this graphic novel are as follows: - The dialogue that was chosen conforms well (...
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review 1: Aside from the occasional racially-tinged passage, The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is easily one if the best Holmes stories above read. What truly establishes this story as a testament to Doyle's writing is the amount of characterization and story pacing that compose this story. ...
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review 1: Being my first Sherlock Holmes story I have read, I was a bit disappointed in how straight forward the plot was. There was no real sense of mystery that I found myself admiring which is what I though Sherlock Holmes was all about. There is mystery in the plot of the book of cou...
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review 1: The Adventure of the Devil's Foot was a fresh addition to the stories. Once again, Holmes and Watson find themselves in the countryside to solve a strange occurrence on the moor. Hey, if it's anything to take from these stories, its "don't go near the moor"! Anyways, the story pr...
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review 1: So I've been reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books and I wasn't planning on writing/rating each story individually, but this particular story touched me. The story started out a very mysterious and despite of the fact that SH erred at his deductions about the wif...
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review 1: What Can I say about this one hmm brillent :-)We get to see Sherlock at his best and how he work his case with the help of Waston. The Realionship with Sherlock and Waston is so comfertable that you can't help but enjoy there interactions with each other.This story is about a you...
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review 1: Some parts are kinda confusing especially the ending so I had to reread it again to fully comprehend it.The story has everything from a possible affair to voodoo and it is a very gripping tale, even though it is somewhat shorter than I usually bother reading.Moreover, Holmes has ...
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review 1: The Mystery of Boscombe is not actually a mystery but rather a case that is very much clear for the people of Boscombe but just till Sherlock gets involves.The story certainly has a fantastic grasp that gives one the feeling of the type of chores that one expects from a crime fic...
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review 1: Not just interesting, not just suspense, not just the same chores but also astounding and thrilling.Among all this one was not just like every one else but it rather had a eerie grasp that was perhaps a comment crime but imparted in a very brilliant manner.I was little like the R...
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review 1: Nice story, but less engaging, yet the end was the most unpredictable.There were point of the story that had never been transcribed by, Arthur, like natural death of the teacher, and the surprising end of the relation of the Duke.Over and above everyone will certainly like it not...
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review 1: Yet another one that I figured out before the end, though it was a bit more puzzling than the last one. This is so far my favorite of the short stories.On a parting note:"'We have got to the deductions and the inferences,' said Lestrade, winking at me. 'I find it hard enough to...
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review 1: Strange story that seemed rushed.
review 2: Liked the story - but you get the picture as soon as Sherlock =)
review 2: Liked the story - but you get the picture as soon as Sherlock =)
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review 1: In this story, Sherlock Holmes finds himself in a famous university town (probably either Oxford or Cambridge) when a tutor and lecturer of St Luke's College, Mr. Hilton Soames, brings him an interesting problem. Someone had been into Soames’s office and looked at the galley proo...
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review 1: A beautiful young woman from Australia is courted by charming, wealthy Englishman, Sir Brackenstall. After their wedding, she is isolated from her friends and family, and his pleasant facade drops. Lady Brackenstall is subjected to continual physical and mental abuse at her hus...
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review 1: I have always enjoyed A. C. Doyle, especially his creation of Sherlock Holmes as well as others. When I saw “The Parasite” on Amazon and it was a “free e-book,” I download it. Although not Holmes or other writings I was familiar with, I enjoyed it, although I had a hard time ge...