THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. All of stories within The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes are told in a first person narrative from the point of view of Dr. Watson, as is the case for all but four of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.
Sherlock Holmes is the world’s only consulting detective. Watson narrates each one through his eyes and experience. We know that it’s the most accurate version from Watson’s mouth and this is also what pulls us in. He puts in his initial assessment and then his discussion with Holmes who clarifies his route of action most of the time after the fact. The image created by A . Conan Doyle is compelling because of this missing detail and it’s the opinion formed by Watson himself. The missing parts of where Holmes investigates on his own is where we wonder when he comes back what crazy approach he is going to track down the unknown culprit red handed. It leaves the readers wondering and often times I found myself trying to figure out what the next move was or who the next culprit was.
This is also makes Sherlock Holmes a very attractive character. He inspects and sees the little details that we normally would not associate with how he gathers his information. It takes a lot of general knowledge to be able pull those links together from the people he observes and the evidence that he finds and inspects.
Overall, I really did find this a very fun novel to read. I loved the character of Sherlock Holmes and will probably seeks out his other novels. I always like a good mystery and makes the guess throughout reading it. It allows me to be involved throughout the story and that makes it very recommendable and a great classic to me!
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