![]() 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.
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