I am partly through this collection of stories and coinciding with a series on tv brings those stories a bit more to life。 And I have to say the tv series, with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock, add something extra to those stories。 Reading the stories on a Kindle their endings seem rather abrupt, maybe an odd thing to say but the tv gives me more pleasure。 It's usually the other way around with the books giving me more pleasure。 The books do indeed invoke the richness of the English language of those d I am partly through this collection of stories and coinciding with a series on tv brings those stories a bit more to life。 And I have to say the tv series, with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock, add something extra to those stories。 Reading the stories on a Kindle their endings seem rather abrupt, maybe an odd thing to say but the tv gives me more pleasure。 It's usually the other way around with the books giving me more pleasure。 The books do indeed invoke the richness of the English language of those days which I find quite refreshing。 A pleasant read all the same and a good addition to my Kindle library。Incidentally I watched a documentary about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and how, in later years, he came to despise his very successful creation。 People wanted more and more stories but he regarded himself as a much more serious, and accomplished, writer than a series of relentless detective stories。 He wrote historical novels, the Napoleonic Wars was one subject, but the clamour for more Sherlock would not cease。 One oddity of the Sherlock Holmes stories is that they are told through the recollections of his faithful companion Dr Watson。 。。。more
Rick Slane has mostly recovered from covid,
I read a few of these stories when I was very young。 I didn't remember any or them。 My favorites were A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear。 I also liked that in one of the short-stories the villain's last name was Slaney。 I read a few of these stories when I was very young。 I didn't remember any or them。 My favorites were A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear。 I also liked that in one of the short-stories the villain's last name was Slaney。 。。。more