Today, in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, we are already on the brink of solving our first mystery in the book's first sixty pages. There's a few things to consider after realizing the book moves just -that- quickly.
How does Sir Conan Doyle manage to keep the novel engaging and not overwhelming the reader with information, when it moves to fast? It's like a long short-story, if that makes any sense at all. What ended up happening though, is that Holmes was never shot when he collapsed in the street. He had set off a fake pistol noise, collapsed on the ground, and brought his hand to his face. His hand was painted red so that when it made contact with his face, red paint would get all over his face and look like he had been bleeding. It just so happens that the Woman who has the King of Bohemia's photo, was the same woman that saw Holmes collapse in the street. The Woman ends up allowing Holmes to recover in her home. Holmes requests that she open the window, so she does, and Watson comes out of no where and throws a smoke-bomb into the home. Seeing the smoke, Sherlock shrieks "Fire!" and the Woman immediately runs off to grab her most important item- The photo which the King of Bohemia has wanted so long so badly.
If Sherlock can find a way to get back into the Woman's house to steal the photo, then that will be the end of his first case in this novel. The man truly does quick work- He only had about three days total to get the photo back.
Doyle, Sir Aurthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1996.
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I own this book! It is amazing! What stories havae you liked so far?
That is extremely amazing. I would not like to date Sherlock Holmes as I feel that he would make you seem extremely inadequate in all matters. Just putting it out there.
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