However you choose technologically to experience the Sherlock Holmes canon, I recommend taking it on chronologically, beginning with the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet - less a mystery, to my mind, than the scary tale of a murderous Mormon sect - to 1927’s “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place,” Holmes’ final Conan Doyle-penned adventure. If you prefer listening to reading, Librivox has made available three different versions of Sherlock Holmes in audiobook form. These days, especially given the recent ruling (just re-affirmed by the Supreme Court) that Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories “are no longer covered by United States copyright law and can be freely used by creators without paying any licensing fee to the Conan Doyle estate,” you can download the complete Sherlock Holmes canon in a variety of ebook formats, from PDF to ePub to ASCII to MOBI for Kindle. So many modern adaptations - all those television series up to the BBC’s new and expensive-looking Sherlock, the early CD-ROM computer game, Hayao Miyazaki’s steampunk animation Sherlock Hound, Guy Ritchie’s Robert Downey Jr.-showcasing Hollywood films - have convinced us we “know” Sherlock Holmes, which makes it all the more fascinating to investigate, as it were, the original literature. John Watson into household names of nearly 130 years’ standing - fit into two not-especially-large books second, that Holmes solved his mysteries not just in 56 short stories but four novels as well and third, that many of those short stories and novels differed intriguingly in tone and content from my expectations. In addition to this thrill, I also got a few surprises: first that all of those stories combined - the stories that made Holmes and his assistant Dr. For a mere ten dollars, I acquired handsomely bound, suitably patina-of-age-bearing editions of each and every one of the sleuth of 221B Baker Street’s adventures that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote. I still remember the thrill I felt when I happened upon a set of the complete Sherlock Holmes stories at an antique store.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |