The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Epub)

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“Holmes!” I cried. “Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?’.

The one and only Sherlock Holmes is sensationally back from the dead, and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. Cases of mysterious codes, persecuted millionaires, stalkers, abductions and a meeting with ‘the worst man in London’ are all attacked with renewed vigour. But Holmes’ old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plotting…

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Review He is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that… has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer… eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman―Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

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⭐ So far, this collection is my favorite in the Sherlockian canon, which I’m currently making my way through. It is an interesting experience because it is like witnessing the progression of the entire adult lives of both Sherlock Holmes, the character, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer.As for Holmes, I like where he is in this collection. He is a man who no longer lives entirely for the excitement of solving cases. He has been on the run for several years, hunting down Moriarty’s men, away from what few friends and family he had, having to be as clever and resourceful and careful as he is capable, and with, I imagine, ample time to consider how dangerous his work is and how much power he wields.And his character after his return reflects this newfound maturity. He uses his power more judicially, he is less narcissistic, and he cares more overtly for his friends. He invokes his power and reputation to frighten and manipulate villains, but he also refrains from lending his help to the police to aid avengers and victims. He now follows more the spirit of the law than the letter, acting according to conscience rather than to a prideful need to resolve all mysteries.Though there is still only one Sherlock Holmes, he makes good on his previous assertions that he is not entirely unique in his powers by beginning to train and depend on a protégé, a new Scotland Yard detective, Stanley Hopkins.Holmes’s relationships are also changed. For instance, Lestrade is definitely counted among his friends now. Watching the relationship between Holmes and Watson evolve is, in my opinion, the greatest pleasure of the Sherlockian canon, far more so than the mysteries themselves (which can often either be entirely predictable or entirely obscure). And their relationship has never been stronger than here. In what is perhaps my favorite tale in the whole canon so far, “Charles Augustus Milverton,” this exchange occurs:Watson: When do we start?Holmes: You are not coming.Watson: Then you are not going.For me, this sums up where they are in their friendship. At this point, Sherlock is more concerned than ever about protecting Watson from danger and Watson is more determined than ever to never leave Sherlock’s side. And given what they’ve both been through during the “Great Hiatus,” these stances are logical and appropriate.As for Doyle, I find his writing in this collection to be more mature and of a higher quality than in previous ones. The language is richer, full of many lovely turns of phrase and some very fabulous sarcastic lines. As well, I find the plots more interesting: more full of action and adventure, sometimes on par with the novels.In fact, my experience of this collection was so positive, I have managed not to be too bothered by the one glaring omission (which I fear I will never get a proper answer to): what EXACTLY happened to Mary Morstan Watson?

⭐ These are the Sherlock Holmes short stories published after Doyle tried to kill him off but had to bring him back due to popular demand. They are all pretty good and interesting. I can see that Doyle was getting tired of this as some of the stories have Holmes as almost a secondary character, but I really like them.

⭐ Excellent. Blackstone audio books never disappoint.

⭐ Great short stories of Sherlock Holmes.Easy read.

⭐ I enjoy all the stories but some you could see the ending

⭐ One of the SH original stories and this version, along with the others are a perfect collection of his works.

⭐ Although The Hound of the Baskervilles was written prior to The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the latter is more appropriately placed before the former.The shocking death of Sherlock Holmes at the end of “The Final Problem” story left many readers of The Strand Magazine distressed, and therefore, more than 20,000 of them canceled their subscription to the magazine, which was looking at a possible bankruptcy.No wonder why Arthur Conan Doyle was forced to reconsider, amid the health problems that his stories were giving him, and brought the famed detective character back to alive in The Hound of the Baskervilles, leading to a renewed zeal of over 30,000 consumers practically overnight. Doyle wanted to kill off his character because he got tired of him and was more eager to start with something anew.Now, what he didn’t realize back then, that all we know about him today is that he wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories. He is famous today for them. That’s it. There is no other reason.Anyway, I feel that The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the more smooth transition between Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskerville, and the surprise on Watson’s face is probably one of the best parts of the whole collection of stories when he realized that Holmes has in fact come back from the dead. There are many vintage Holmesian moments in this collection of The Return of Sherlock Holmes.All in all, bringing Sherlock Holmes back alive was the greatest decision that Arthur Conan Doyle made in his life next to the initial decision to write about him, even if it cost him his life or further increased his hate for Holmes.

⭐ When last we left Sherlock Holmes, he was apparently dead, killed by his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the story The Final Problem (the concluding tale of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes). It was Arthur Conan Doyle’s attempt to escape his most famous character, an attempt that was unsuccessful; after a prequel novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes would return, appropriately enough, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes.I don’t know if there were earlier examples, but Doyle was probably one of the first to establish one of the laws of mysteries: if you don’t see the dead body (in a recognizable form), then the person isn’t really dead. Thus, since Holmes was merely presumed dead in The Final Problem, his corpse had never been found and it was easy to contrive a return in the story The Adventure of the Empty House, which also introduces Moriarty’s associate Colonel Sebastian Moran.This is the first of thirteen stories featuring Holmes and his friend/biographer, Dr. John Watson. Overall, these are decent enough stories, but they also point out a weakness in the tales: most are structured more-or-less in the same way, making them a little tedious when too many are read back-to-back. Also, compared to previous collections, there is a little less of Holmes showing off his powers of observation (typically when a person first approaches him); it could be that Doyle was finding it harder to write these scenes.Despite these problems, this is a good set of stories, though I would imagine that they would be more enjoyable if they were spaced out (as originally intended by Doyle when they were published individually in magazines).

⭐ When last we heard of Sherlock Holmes, he had plummeted from Reichenbach Falls along with the evil Professor Moriarty.But after years of fans badgering him to bring Holmes back, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle finally relented in “The Return of Sherlock Holmes.” The stories in here aren’t quite as gripping as the previous collections, but there’s still plenty of striking, mind-bending mysteries for the legendary detective to unwind.A few years after Holmes’ death, Watson has settled into a routine as a regular doctor, although he becomes interested in the locked-room murder of the Honourable Ronald Adair. But then a strange old man comes into Watson’s office, and reveals himself to be none other than Sherlock Holmes. Watson promptly faints from the shock.But when he wakes up, Holmes reveals that he has been traveling the world and avoiding Moriarty’s equally nasty confederates. And before he can resume normal life at Baker Street, he and Watson must catch the last of these evil men — which may be connected to Adair’s death.After that, Holmes and Watson fall back into solving cases: a young man who is accused of murdering his strangely friendly client; a string of stick figures, a music teacher followed by a cyclist, a boy kidnapped from his school, a harpoon impalement, blackmail and high society scandal, shattered Napoleonic busts, stolen exams, a Russian lady, a rugby player’s disappearance, a brutal murder that isn’t what it seems, and a missing document that could lead to a massive war.”The Return of Sherlock Holmes” occasionally feels a little unenthusiastic, probably because Doyle had really intended to kill off Holmes because he wanted to focus on “important” novels. Fortunately, even lesser Holmes mysteries are still brilliant — there are twisted crimes, malevolent schemers, and some puzzles that only Holmes can unravel.And as usual, Doyle crafts two kinds of crimes/mysteries — the ones that are ultra-simple but turn out to have hidden kinks, and the ones that seem impossible to solve but are actually shockingly simple. But things don’t always end in the same way (“The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” ends in a really shocking manner), and the culprits aren’t always dealt with in the same way.It’s also really fun to see Watson and Holmes working together again, especially after Holmes makes such a dramatic, energetic reentry in the very first story. And it’s very cute to see Watson pass out because he’s so shocked and thrilled that Holmes is alive. The characters seem even faster friends, especially when it’s revealed that Watson has gotten Holmes off of cocaine (which was still used medicinally at the time).”Return of Sherlock Holmes” suffers from a few patches of unenthusiastic writing, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mysteries are still brilliant brain-benders. The Great Detective is back.

⭐ I don’t read very many fiction books, but I am a huge fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes! So I just finished a wonderful collection of short adventures called The Return Of Sherlock Holmes.Without being as wordy as some authors, Doyle paints such descriptive pictures of Dr. Watson, Holmes, his clients, his villains, and the crime scenes. I can “see” exactly how the characters look and “hear” how they talk, and can feel the emotions they are feeling. And the crime scenes are also painted in such vivid detail by Doyle, that I can catch all of the same details the Sherlock Holmes is taking in.I cannot stand how some detective story authors “uncover” some hidden details at the very end that magically helps their protagonist solve the crime. The “magic” of Sherlock Holmes’ solutions is that Doyle allowed you to see everything Holmes saw. The real art is in the way Holmes uses his gift of deductive reasoning to solve the clues.These mysteries are not always crimes. Often times they are simply perplexing problems. I’ve never been called upon to solve a crime before, but I certainly am called upon to find solutions to thorny problems. In that regard, I owe a debt to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for helping me learn from Sherlock Holmes how to deduce the most logical solution to my mysterious situations.These are also great stories to read aloud, especially to your kids.

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