De avonturen van Sherlock Holmes (1892)

The stories are interesting even today, but the writing does not fully survive the test of time. The language used on conversations is old fashioned, but even for a not-native speaker it is not hindering the experience. The only part that I really dislike is how Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a god of deduction while Watson is constantly downgrading himself as not worthy common man next to the superior Sherlock. I'm glad the movies have fixed this and have given Watson a more active role and Sherlock some flaws. ( )

Intussen al een eeuw klassieke detective verhalen. Wat opvalt is dat Holmes eigenlijk geen sympathieke held is, en zelf regelmatig in zijn hemd wordt gezet. ( )