THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

 

THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

The famous writer and doctor Arthur Conan Doyle (Edimbourgh, Scotland 1859-1930), soon knew himself  that his detective Sherlock Holmes should give glory days to the British Library, even though it is his chap Doctor Watson who will take note of every story narrated by his friend, in order to write every fact and every event in which Holmes was present, sometimes alone or with the careful advice of his old fan and neighbourg from Baker Street in London.

This gentle and enjoyable novel contains, at first, a precise foreword where we will discover briefly the writer’s living and where this book saw the light and released, through the Strand Magazine, therefore will be published in London afterwards, 1893, collecting histories and intending  his autor to be the last outing of Sherlock Holes as a titular character.

XI adventures will file in front of our eyes and mind and each one with its own amazing occurrence and talking, sometimes too, about the main actor, his family, his duties and his method for capturing a ruffian.

The Silver Blaze, about traps into the turf.

The Yellow Face, where we will know that Holmes is also a bóxer and use occasional cocaine and has no vices.

The Stock-Broker’s clerck, where Dr Watson has a preeminent status into this chapter.

The “Gloria Scott”. Holmes at the first case he was engaged thanks to his college and friend Trevor, even though he’ll discover his friend’s father had been in his youth a sham who had settle down in England after a mutiny in the middle of the ocean.

The Musgrave Ritual. One of the third case elaborated at the University, where we know Holmes has a passionate energy followed by reactions of letharrgy playing his violin.

The Reigate Puzzle. A case where the graphology comes first.

The Crooked Man. A sad story where the Colonel Barclay in the British army, married with a coloured and beautiful woman, murdered without any fault from the acquaintance.

The Resident Patient. To avenge the dead of their comrade upon him.

The Greek Interpreter. A point of view about feelings and Holmes’ family, with illustrative ways of him, for instance:

His aversión to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character, but no more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people. Or My ancestors were country squires. In sum, a perfect misogynistic.

The Naval Treaty. A complex story in order to defend White Hall and a treaty between Italy and England, with an easy discovery at the end.

The Final Problem. Holmes found  an enemy so clever than him and he seemingly diez.

As a conclusion, this book show us the perfect way to enjoy the summer reading and trying to recover a bit of English language with amazing discoveries and wit.