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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Leslie S. Klinger (Author) "IT WAS IN the spring of the year 1894 that all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of the Honourable..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 1878 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; annotated edition edition (8 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393059162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393059168
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 23.2 x 10.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"These beautifully produced volumes, as big as gold-tooled church bibles, packed with cross-references and indexes, suggest Homes and Watson are not only immortal but the subject of a fanatical and crazy religion." Roger Lewis, The Sunday Express, 30 Jan 2005


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Leslie S. Klinger has reassembled Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 short stories in the order in which they appeared in the original book editions. A cause for international celebration as this is the most lavishly illustrated edition of the Holmes tales ever produced. Readers will find a cornucopia of insights: beginners will benefit from Klinger's biographies of Holmes, Watson and Conan Doyle; historians will revel in the wealth of Victorian literary and cultural details; Sherlockian fanatics will puzzle over tantalising new theories; and art lovers will be beguiled by the illustrations. The book is introduced by John le Carre.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful publication, 3 Aug 2005
By A Genealogist (Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews
These are all of the Sherlock Holmes short stories in two beautiful volumes. Superb. A must for Holmes devotees. Be warned these are BIG heavy books, but are absolutely the best version that has been published - at any time.
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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly work and a classic storyteller revisited, 31 Dec 2004
By Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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For those of us used to the major Holmes novellas like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', it's easy to neglect the real treasure trove of Holmes mysteries made up of the fifty-six short stories published in the Strand Magazine. Leslie Klinger reproduces them here, faithfully printed in facsimile form, complete with the original illustrations ... and much, much more.

Klinger includes a host of annotations - articles and enigmatic theories contributed by Holmes' scholars over the last century in which they attempt to explain what the great detective was really doing. Holmes has a dedicated band of followers who believe him real, believe him still alive, believe he was actually a woman. There are probably fans who think he is an alien.

If the stories weren't fascinating enough in their own right, Klinger's exploration of the world of Holmes makes entertaining reading ... and provides an ironic commentary on the human condition and the preparedness of people to live life through their heroes ... even fictional heroes.

I can, of course, reveal the obvious - although in all the film versions Holmes and Watson speak with impeccable English accents, it has to be recognised that they were both, in fact, Scotsmen. The assumption of Englishness is merely a finely wrought symphony in irony, courtesy of the author ... a Scot, of course!

Conan Doyle was an artist, a man who helped shape the short story and the cliff-hanger into an art form. He combined a genius for narrative story-telling with the ability to weave characters, characters so convincing they have become real and the subject of speculation in a way few other fictional creatures ever have.

A startling publication - the two volumes run to nearly 2000 pages and come in at slightly below bantamweight. Heavy reading, but a delight all the same.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Luxury, 6 May 2007
Yes, these are expensive (as is the companion volume containing the four novels); but sometimes, one needs to indulge oneself a bit. And any Sherlockian wishing to indulge his or her self can do no better than these wonderful volumes.

Of course, they are too heavy to be read on the bus, say. These volumes are for the end of the day, when you're curled up in your favourite armchair, with a glass of your favourite tipple close at hand. And you can then transport yourself to 221B Baker Street, and enter once again that magical world, with its quite indefinable charm.

The paper, printing and binding of these volumes are of the highest possible standard. They are very well illustrated - containing as they do all the original illustrations of Sidney Paget et al, the various illustrations that appeared in the American editions, and also many contemporary photographs of people and places mentioned in these stories. Best of all, perhaps, are the detailed annotations: I haven't counted them all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they run into the thousands. These annotations discuss in considerable detail the factual background of the various references made in these stories, and also the innumerable theories and hypotheses (quite frequently so outrageous as to be downright barmy) that have cropped up over the years from various Holmesians. Throughout, the conceit is maintained that Holmes & Watson were real people. All in all, there's enough here to keep any Holmes anorak happy for an entire lifetime.
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