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Bezig met laden... The Secret Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes (1992)door June Thomson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Another set of seven Sherlock Holmes spin off stories, this set being based on cases mentioned in throwaway lines in Conan Doyle's original works. It's a decent set of stories, though none stood out for me as particular favourites. Once again, the author's depiction of Holmes and Watson is very authentic, with one or two glaring exceptions - the most notable being in The Camberwell Poisoning, where Holmes makes a rather distasteful and anachronistic speech sympathising with a murderess he has exposed, saying society is responsible for her turning to crime instead of her being able to fulfill her potential, even to rise to the heights of Prime Minister. As she has not only murdered an innocent and decent old man, but had framed his equally innocent nephew, who would have been hanged for her crime, Holmes's sympathy for this woman seems misplaced - she is no Irene Adler. Since I really enjoyed the other Thomson book I had read, Not One of Us, I read this in anticipation of really enjoying it. Instead, I was disappointed. For one thing, the mysteries were all quite simple to solve. For the other thing, the stories had these 'aside' explanations, in the story (set in italics to keep it separate from the story itself) of how these events related to other Holmes events. It was very distracting and annoying. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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This collection of stories, allegedly written by Doctor Watson, includes the tragic tale of Lord Deerswood's unwanted legacy, the account of the jealous contortionist, the affair of the beautiful housekeeper, the deadly doings of the costumed Russian, the Aladdin's Cave episode, and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the deadly Sumatran rats. The discovery of these Sherlock Holmes cases - one of which reunites Holmes with brother Mycroft - represents a treasure trove for Baker Street devotees. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The stories are liberally footnoted and, if you are a Holmes devotee, these minutiae will no doubt be fascinating. Although I've read some Sherlock Holmes stories and seen more on TV, I have never been a huge fan and I found the footnotes more of a nuisance than a help. For the most part, the stories are faithful to the originals although the very first story, The Case of the Paradol Chamber, I was able to guess the ending, something I was never able to do with any of Arthur Conan Doyle's books. I think I enjoyed The Case of the Old Russian Woman the most as it dealt with immigrants rather than the upper class as most of the originals and these secret chronicles do. The last story, The Case of the Sumatran Rat, was enough to give me nightmares dealing as it does with huge rodents. ( )