Grade 9 Up-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II is narrated by British theatre, film, and television actor David Timson. His Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are near perfect. The only place where Timson's narration is less than perfect is his female and German characters. All in all, this is a fine production, with piano and string music by...
Grade 9 Up-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II is narrated by British theatre, film, and television actor David Timson. His Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are near perfect. The only place where Timson's narration is less than perfect is his female and German characters. All in all, this is a fine production, with piano and string music by Paganini and others sprinkled throughout. All of the stories take place after Dr. Watson has married and moved from Baker Street. "The Scandal in Bohemia" is a good story with which to begin, because in it Watson describes both Holmes' singular lifestyle of old books, the violin and cocaine, and his extraordinary powers of deduction and disguise. This information may help to reel in students who are unfamiliar with the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The four cases are interconnected in that, although Holmes solves each case, in each he has to admit a failure, which adds a humanizing quality to the otherwise invincible Holmes. In "The Scandal in Bohemia," Watson and Holmes try to extract a photograph and compromising letters from the opera singer, Irene Adler. In "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," Holmes must untangle events that have led a hydraulic engineer to have his thumb chopped off while working for the secretive Colonel Stark. In "The Five Orange Pips," unravels a plot by Klu Klux Klan members to retrieve sensitive documents from the Openshaw family, or kill all of them in the process. Finally, in "Silver Blaze," Holmes and Watson must succeed where the Dartmoor authorities have failed, by finding prized racehorse, Silver Blaze, whose trainer has been killed. the 12-page booklet provides information about the author, the musical selections, and the timing of each cassette. All Sherlock Holmes aficionados will appreciate the quality of Timson's narration. For students, listening in the classroom might help to make the accents, language, and setting more understandable.
Jo-Ann Carhart, East Islip Public Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
These deluxe Oxford editions offer the exploits of Holmes and Watson the red carpet treatment they truly deserve. Along with the full text, each volume contains a scholarly introduction, illustrations, and other assorted extras. All public and academic libraries should have the full canon of Holmes's cases.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
阿瑟·柯南·道尔爵士（Sir Arthur Conan Doyle，1859—1930），英国小说家，因塑造了成功的侦探人物──歇洛克·福尔摩斯而成为了侦探小说历史上最伟大，最重要的作家。除此之外他还曾写过多部其他类型的小说，如科幻、历史小说、爱情小说、戏剧、诗歌等。在一八八七年的《比顿圣诞年刊》上，他发表了《血字的研究》，从此，“歇洛克·福尔摩斯”这个名字出现在了世界文坛的华丽舞台上，并在《波希米亚丑闻》之后轰动并影响了整个世界。柯南·道尔一生共创作了六十个福尔摩斯故事，包括五十六个短篇和四部中篇小说，前后经过了四十年。柯南·道尔影响了后世所有的侦探小说家，改变了侦探小说的历史，为侦探小说的发展，甚至世界文学的发展都作出了重要贡献。
Her violet eyes shining, her lips parted, a pink flush upon her cheeks, all though of her natural reserve lost in her overpowering excitement and concern.
His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter. His face was bent towards, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whip-cord in his long sinewy neck, His nostrils seemed to dilate with a purely animal lust for chase, and his mind was so absolutely concentrated upon the matter before him, that a question or remark fell unheeded upon his ears, or at the most only provoked a quick, impatient snarl in reply. (查看原文)
每篇摘录一句，仅代表作者当时的观点或描述： I) A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA “When he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.” II) THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE “’As a rule,’ said Holmes, ‘the mo...
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0 有用 宝宝TWO 2018-12-20 13:03:25
Kindle白送的书。特别读的下去，但不是因为说故事很吸引人，因为原本就看过译本。而是文笔。相较于其他的同期作家，他的单词要简单的多，同时句子都比较短，反正挺对我的路子