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It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet.
From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson.The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat.
The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals.
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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb collection of short stories,
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Paperback)
Once you have read just one of the Sherlock Holmes stories you will want to read them all."The original illustrated Strand Sherlock Holmes" has the 4 novels and all 56 short stories complete with the original Strand Magazine illustrations by Sidney Paget and others. Sidney Paget created the famous deerstalker hat. The hat and pipe are instantly recognizable trademarks of Sherlock Holmes. He also created the layout of the rooms at 221b Baker street where Holmes and Dr. Watson reside. In this book there are two things to be aware of. Firstly the illustration sadly lack some detail when reproduced in paperback, but they do convey all the atmosphere of Holmes, Watson and life in Victorian London. Secondly, the printed text is quite small so you will need good lighting to read it comfortably. Apart from these shortcomings this is an excellent collection which I wholeheartedly recommend. Definitely worth five stars.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST BUY!,
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Paperback)
If you like detective stories that show a lot of logical understanding then you have to buy this book. Don't worry it's not a complicated book with a hard to understand story. This must be the best book I ever bought form Amazon because it contains all the original illustrations and complete and unabridged stories of the very clever detective (and scientist) Sherlock Holmes. The second I started reading the book I couldn't stop reading it because of the clever and sometimes complex characters illustrated magnificently by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also because of the magnificent plots of the hundreds of stories written in such a great manner. The stories always make you want to keep reading on to find out who was behind it all and it is always somebody who you would never suspect, this book is just full of millions of surprises.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book ever, by the best author ever!,
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Paperback)
Conan Doyle had a wonderful abiblity of creating an atmosphere perfectly, even if the brilliant Sydney Paget drawings were not in this book, it would be very easy to imagine the scenes.Though Doyle actually grew to disslike Holmes, these stories are by far the best, in my opinion, of all the other books he has written (e.g Brigadere Gerard and The Lost World) This book includes all 4 novels and all 56 short stories of Sherlock Holmes, as they were printed in the Strand magazine. These stories are addictive, it took me 4 months to read the whole book, yet I didn't get bored or sick of it for a moment! If you've never read a Holmes story before, you may find the first novel a little difficult to grasp, as it has a thick plot, and tends to drag on a bit. But all of the short stories are written perfectly and describe Holmes and Watson's friendship progress. They all have a unique plot and disserve individual attension. If you like Holmes and/or mystery stories, then this is the book for you! so buy it!
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