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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1：The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

内容简介

ClassicshortstoriesofSherlockHolmesnowavailableinaseparate,attractivelypricedindividualvolume.ThepublicationofLeslieS.Klinger'sbrilliantnewannotationsofSirArthurConanDoyle'sclassicHolmesshortstoriesin2004createdaHolmessensation.Availableagaininanattractively-pricededitionidenticaltothefirst,exceptthiseditionhasnoouterslipcaseandvolumesoneandtwoareavailableseparately.Inside,readerswillfindalltheshortstoriesfromTheAdventuresofSherlockHolmesandTheMemoirsofSherlockHolmes,withacornucopiaofinsights:beginnerswillbenefitfromKlinger'sinsightfulbiographiesofHolmes,Watson,andConanDoyle;historyloverswillrevelinthewealthofVictorianliteraryandculturaldetails;Sherlockianfanaticswillpuzzleovertantalizingnewtheories;artloverswillthrilltothe450-plusillustrations,whichmakethisthemostlavishlyillustratededitionoftheHolmestaleseverproduced.TheNewAnnotatedSherlockHolmesilluminatesthetimelessgeniusofArthurConanDoyleforanentirelynewgenerationofreaders.Two-colourtext;450+illustrations.

作者简介

SirArthurConanDoylewasborninEdinburghin1859anddiedin1930.HestudiedmedicineatEdinburghUniversityandlatersetuppracticeasadoctoratSouthsea.Itwaswhilewaitingforpatientstoarrivethathebegantowriteanditwasthesuccessofhismanyadventurestoriesthatallowedhimtoactivelypursuethemanycausesthatcapturedhisattention,whetheritwasdivorcelawreformortheissuingofsteelhelmetstotroops.However,itisfortheenduringappealofhisSherlockHolmes'storiesthatConanDoylewillalwaysberemembered.SherlockHolmesistheworld'smostfamousconsultingdetective.Heresidesat221BBakerStreetinLondon,whereprospectiveclientscanalwaysreachhim.Whilethepoliceareknowntomakeextensiveuseofhistalentsandthecriminalfraternitytotremblewithfearorfuryatmerementionofhisname,itistothemostbizarreorthoroughlyinexplicableofmysteriesthatSherlockHolmes-togetherwithhisdoggedcompanionandamanuensisDrWatson-ismostoftendrawn.

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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

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