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The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet (1901)

by Arthur Conan Doyle(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1425474136 (ISBN13: 9781425474133)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Kessinger Publishing

series

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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 — one of the most valuable public possessions in existence — as collateral. Holder feels that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewellery in his personal safe at the bank, and so he takes it home with him to lock it up there. He is awakened in the night by a noise, enters his dressing room, and is horrified to see his son Arthur with the coronet in his hands, apparently trying to bend it. Holder's niece Mary comes at the sound of all the shouting and, seeing the damaged corone... moret, faints dead away. Three beryls are missing from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the case.The case against Arthur seems rather damning, yet Holmes is not convinced of his guilt. Why has Arthur clammed up? Why is he refusing to give a statement of any kind? How could Arthur have broken the coronet (even Holmes, who has exceptionally strong hands, can't do it) and without making any noise? Could any other people in the household be involved, such as the servants, or Mary? Could some visitor, such as the maid's wooden-legged boyfriend, or Arthur's rakish friend Sir George Burnwell, have something to do with what happened to the coronet? The failure to resolve the case will result in Mr. Holder's dishonour, and a national scandal.Holmes sets about not only reviewing the details that he learns from Holder, but also by examining the footprints in the snow outside. Eventually, Holmes solves the mystery, and Holder is flabbergasted to find that his niece was in league with a notorious criminal (Sir George Burnwell), although apparently she is unaware of his character. The two of them escape justice; however, Holmes is convinced that they will receive their punishment in due time. Arthur's motive in allowing his father to think he was the thief was because he was in love with his cousin Mary and saw her passing the coronet to a confederate outside the window. (The Coronet was broken when Arthur was struggling to wrench it from Burnwell's grasp).I recommend this short story to all readers that appreciate a well written mystery story, mainly when it involves Sherlock Holmes clever solutions!
review 2: مغامرة فائقة الإمتاع..استغل فيها (هولمز) كل خبرته وحدسه وذكائه الخارق فى إثبات براءة متهم كتوم يحمي عائلته من الفضيحة والعار.أعجبتني القصة جداً خاصة أنها تحمل رائحة مشابهة لقضية (بوسكومب) السابقة,والتى - كتلك القضية - كان المتهم فيها برىء يتحمل الذنب بنُبل تام بدلاً من غيره,وخالف (هولمز) فيها بدوره الظنون المثارة حول المتهم - رغم وقوعه فى يد الشرطة - وأثبت برائته الكاملة مع عدم افتضاح أمر عائلته ومن يتستر عنهم.أعتقد أن تلك القضية إحدى القضايا المميزة والبارزة فى المجموعة ككل. less

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