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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear)
 

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes available in a new slipcased edition.

The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Here, in this eagerly awaited third volume, Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 new notes, 350 illustrations... (read more)

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Vaishnavi R
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“Sherlock Holmes doesn't need a special introduction. Since the first time his character was brought into life bu Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, generations of fans have been reading SHERLOCK HOLMES.Many of them have been inspired by his sleuth and cunning detective skills. The hat, the overcoat and the smoking pipe is one of the most famous dress codes.I would kindly request all of you to read the book and get inspired by it....”

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  • annamstamp

    annamstamp said:

    “Yes I did. I thoroughly enjoyed re reading the stories and also learning all the extra facts of the annotation. It and its companions are best savored slowly. A story or chapter at a time between other books.”

    posted Thursday, May 3 2007
  • grayraven

    grayraven said:

    “The Annotations are from Holmesian 'scholars' - bits of information about the factual matterial referenced in the stories and then the fun stuff - foot notes that treat the text as the "Cannon" the writtings of Dr. Watson as prublished by the "literary agent" Arthur Conan Doyle. That stuff is pure fun. The collection is a great door way into that long standing tradition of creating and writting "scholoarly material on the topic of the true life of Holmes and Watson."”

    posted Tuesday, February 13 2007
  • Ian

    ian said:

    “Benoit, if you're referring to these Sherlock Holmes stories themselves, they're brilliant. You can't put them down! As I said, I haven't read them annotated, but I can highly recommend the stories themselves if you're into mystery, suspense and intrigue genres.”

    posted Thursday, February 1 2007
  • Ian

    ian said:

    “Fascinating... I didn't even know there was an annotated version! I just finished a number of these stories recently. Isn't it kind of distracting to have all the notes?”

    posted Tuesday, January 30 2007
  • sirmmo

    sirmmo said:

    “It's a really wonderful set of short stories. Some of them are just strange, but the greatest part is very exciting.”

    posted Tuesday, January 30 2007
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