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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #8
袩褗褋褌褉邪褌邪 谢械薪褌邪
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袪邪蟹懈谐褉邪胁邪 褋械 屑褉邪褔械薪 褋褞卸械褌 懈 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟褌 薪邪褔懈薪 写邪 斜褗写械 蟹邪谢芯胁械薪 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈泻邪, 械 写邪 胁谢械蟹械屑 胁 褋屑褗褉褌芯薪芯褋薪懈褟 泻邪锌邪薪, 蟹邪谢芯卸械薪 芯褌 薪械谐芯.
小 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褋泻褉褗斜 褋褗芯斜褖邪胁邪屑械 蟹邪 小袦歇袪孝孝袗 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯卸懈褑邪 袛卸褍谢懈褟 小褌芯褍薪褗褉 芯褌 小褌芯褍泻 袦芯褉褗薪. 袩褉懈褔懈薪邪褌邪 蟹邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 褲 芯褋褌邪胁邪 袧袝袠袟袙袝小孝袧袗.
袩芯褟胁褟胁邪褌 褋械 芯褌薪芯胁芯 蟹邪谐邪写褗褔薪懈褌械 褕褍屑芯胁械, 写芯褔褍褌懈 蟹邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪芯 芯泻芯谢芯 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 薪邪 袛卸褍谢懈褟. 袧械泄薪邪褌邪 褋械褋褌褉邪 鈥� 啸械谢褗薪, 锌褉械写褍褋械褖邪, 褔械 械 胁褗锌褉芯褋 薪邪 胁褉械屑械 写邪 锌芯褋褌褉邪写邪 懈 褌褟 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 褋褗写斜芯薪芯褋械薪 薪邪褔懈薪.
袪邪蟹懈谐褉邪胁邪 褋械 屑褉邪褔械薪 褋褞卸械褌 懈 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪懈褟褌 薪邪褔懈薪 写邪 斜褗写械 蟹邪谢芯胁械薪 锌褉械褋褌褗锌薪懈泻邪, 械 写邪 胁谢械蟹械屑 胁 褋屑褗褉褌芯薪芯褋薪懈褟 泻邪锌邪薪, 蟹邪谢芯卸械薪 芯褌 薪械谐芯.
小 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褋泻褉褗斜 褋褗芯斜褖邪胁邪屑械 蟹邪 小袦歇袪孝孝袗 薪邪 谐芯褋锌芯卸懈褑邪 袛卸褍谢懈褟 小褌芯褍薪褗褉 芯褌 小褌芯褍泻 袦芯褉褗薪. 袩褉懈褔懈薪邪褌邪 蟹邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 褲 芯褋褌邪胁邪 袧袝袠袟袙袝小孝袧袗.
袩芯褟胁褟胁邪褌 褋械 芯褌薪芯胁芯 蟹邪谐邪写褗褔薪懈褌械 褕褍屑芯胁械, 写芯褔褍褌懈 蟹邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪芯 芯泻芯谢芯 薪邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 薪邪 袛卸褍谢懈褟. 袧械泄薪邪褌邪 褋械褋褌褉邪 鈥� 啸械谢褗薪, 锌褉械写褍褋械褖邪, 褔械 械 胁褗锌褉芯褋 薪邪 胁褉械屑械 写邪 锌芯褋褌褉邪写邪 懈 褌褟 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 褋褗写斜芯薪芯褋械薪 薪邪褔懈薪.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1892
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Arthur Conan Doyle
14.5k听books23.7k听followersSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
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September 21, 2022
Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Kurzgeschichte mit gut 30 Seiten. Kurzgeschichten haben es immer etwas schwerer bei mir, aber diese hat mir sehr gut gefallen!
Sherlock Holmes macht einfach Spa脽. Seine Kombinationsgabe ist gro脽artig, auch wenn diese Geschichte schon auch ein bisschen schr盲g ist. :)
Sherlock Holmes macht einfach Spa脽. Seine Kombinationsgabe ist gro脽artig, auch wenn diese Geschichte schon auch ein bisschen schr盲g ist. :)
December 18, 2019
This is it. The Sherlock Holmes story I was waiting for. It鈥檚 a classic!
Update: To end my 2019 reading challenge I鈥檓 reading (and in some cases rereading) the dozen stories Arthur Conan Doyle marked as his favorites. 鈥淭he Speckled Band鈥� is #1, on both his list and (so far at least) on mine. Read it!
A drawn, frightened woman comes to Sherlock and Dr. Watson for help. Though Helen Stoner is only about 30, she's haggard and graying. She and her twin sister Julia have been living with their stepfather, Dr. Roylott, for several years in a decaying Victorian mansion in Surrey. He's a brutal, harsh man who spent many years living in India (not that that's a clue or anything). The family hasn't got a lot of money any more, but with the girls' inheritance they get by.
Two years ago, Julia became engaged to a marine major. Within two weeks she was dead, mysteriously convulsed by pain in the middle of the night. Her last words:
Luckily, she has the sense to dash off to Sherlock Holmes the next morning. Unluckily, she has been followed. Luckily, she has Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on her team!
Don't let anyone spoil this one for you! It's tense and a great read. I did a little research afterwards and I understand that there are factual inaccuracies. My advice is, don't fret the details here. Just roll with it and enjoy the story!
Free as part of short story collection, .
Update: To end my 2019 reading challenge I鈥檓 reading (and in some cases rereading) the dozen stories Arthur Conan Doyle marked as his favorites. 鈥淭he Speckled Band鈥� is #1, on both his list and (so far at least) on mine. Read it!
A drawn, frightened woman comes to Sherlock and Dr. Watson for help. Though Helen Stoner is only about 30, she's haggard and graying. She and her twin sister Julia have been living with their stepfather, Dr. Roylott, for several years in a decaying Victorian mansion in Surrey. He's a brutal, harsh man who spent many years living in India (not that that's a clue or anything). The family hasn't got a lot of money any more, but with the girls' inheritance they get by.
Two years ago, Julia became engaged to a marine major. Within two weeks she was dead, mysteriously convulsed by pain in the middle of the night. Her last words:
"It was the band! The speckled band!"Now Helen, too, is engaged, and she is sleeping temporarily in her sister's room because of house repairs that affect her own room. The night before she came to Sherlock Holmes, she woke in the middle of the night to hear a low whistle--the same sound that heralded her sister's death two years before.
Luckily, she has the sense to dash off to Sherlock Holmes the next morning. Unluckily, she has been followed. Luckily, she has Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on her team!
Don't let anyone spoil this one for you! It's tense and a great read. I did a little research afterwards and I understand that there are factual inaccuracies. My advice is, don't fret the details here. Just roll with it and enjoy the story!
Free as part of short story collection, .
January 24, 2021
Relectura de esta gran aventura.
En este caso, Holmes ve m谩s all谩 que cualquiera y, a pesar de una primera interpretaci贸n err贸nea, la l贸gica acaba por imponerse.
Recordaba este caso con la traducci贸n al castellano del t铆tulo: "La banda moteada".
Rereading of this great adventure.
In this case, Holmes sees further than anyone and, in spite of a first misinterpretation, logic prevails.
En este caso, Holmes ve m谩s all谩 que cualquiera y, a pesar de una primera interpretaci贸n err贸nea, la l贸gica acaba por imponerse.
Recordaba este caso con la traducci贸n al castellano del t铆tulo: "La banda moteada".
Rereading of this great adventure.
In this case, Holmes sees further than anyone and, in spite of a first misinterpretation, logic prevails.
February 11, 2025
"Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!"
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the most ingenious of the 56 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The author himself considered this one to be his best Sherlock Holmes story. It is now published as the eighth of the twelve stories collected in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", although it was first published in February 1892, in "The Strand" magazine. A few years later, in August 1905, it was published in the USA's "New York World", under the title, "The Spotted Band.
Mulling over the last "seventy-odd" cases, Watson sets the stage for relating this one,
"I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran" adding a little later, "there are widespread rumours as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even more terrible than the truth."
So the reader finds themself just a couple of paragraphs in, and hooked already. Dr. Watson remembers back to early April 1883. He had been unexpectedly woken at 7:15am by Sherlock Holmes, who was usually himself a late riser. The case was, Holmes stressed, urgent. A young lady was at that moment in their sitting room, pale and drawn, and literally shaking with fear. Holmes observes that she is around thirty, dressed in black with a black veil, and strands of premature grey in her hair. Although she is desperate for help, she apologises, saying that she cannot pay Holmes anything now, but promising Holmes that she will soon be married and have control of her own income. She further names the person by whom she has heard of the great detective, to convince him of her credentials. Of course, the matter of payment is no problem for our gallant detective. He has been analysing clues about the woman before him as she speaks, and already knows a fair bit about her. Coupled with the "reference" which he quickly checks in his case-book, this is enough for him to be intrigued by the case, as are we.
The woman, Helen Stoner, tells them that she and her twin sister, Julia, are living with their stepfather, Dr. Roylott, who is now the last living member of a once great English family. The Roylotts once controlled huge estates, but their descendants are now impoverished, apart from the old house they all live in, which is now heavily mortgaged. The tension cranks up notch by notch as Helen Stoner tells her story.
Dr. Grimesby Roylott had emigrated to India as soon as he obtained his medical degree, and he managed to establish a thriving practice there in Calcutta. He also married the widow of a Major-General in the Bengal Artillery, a Mrs. Stoner, who had a considerable amount of money of her own.
The story is masterly in the nuggets of information it slowly reveals. It is virtually impossible to ascertain what can have happened. Dr. Grimesby Roylott himself comes to see Sherlock Holmes and presents a terrifying spectacle, the perfect foil to Holmes's suave urbanity, as he expostulates, shaking his hunting crop at Holmes,
"'I know you, you scoundrel! I have heard of you before. You are Holmes the meddler.'
My friend smiled.
'Holmes the busybody!'
His smile broadened.
'Holmes the Scotland Yard jack-in-office.'
Holmes chuckled heartily. 'Your conversation is most entertaining,' said he."
We learn of alterations to the house, we think we see a perfect motive for a crime, yet still we cannot deduce it from the information given. On Sherlock Holmes's visit to the house, he isolates three significant factors: From these he knows all, although the reader would probably need to equal his genius to do so.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for this story may have been an article published in February 1891, in "Cassell's Saturday Journal". (Beware - the title in the next spoiler gives away the ending!)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself wrote a stage play based on "The Speckled Band". It was a great success and ran for 169 performances at the "Adelphi Theatre" before transferring to the "Globe", and subsequently went on to tour England. This was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third stage play and the second Sherlock Holmes dramatisation.
Not only does the story have a perfect structure, a story within a story, with a build-up of tension mounting alongside, as we learn the characters and personalities involved. Not only is this a perfect example of a "closed room mystery", of which Conan Doyle was to write four in total. This was his own personal favourite, perhaps because it also contains several of the recurring themes we see in many of the Sherlock Holmes stories. There is a wellbred young woman in distress, an overbearing and vulgar man, a connection with an exotic overseas country, both in location, people and animals, a problem steeped in history, a country house, a close observation of unusual architectural features, either thieves, "gypsies", or vagabonds, an aristocratic family ... But most of all, there is a problem, the solution to which is fiendishly convoluted, yet when explained, makes perfect logical sense.
It also, as a bonus, has an ethically satisfying, although not strictly legal, ending.
"Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals."
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the most ingenious of the 56 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The author himself considered this one to be his best Sherlock Holmes story. It is now published as the eighth of the twelve stories collected in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", although it was first published in February 1892, in "The Strand" magazine. A few years later, in August 1905, it was published in the USA's "New York World", under the title, "The Spotted Band.
Mulling over the last "seventy-odd" cases, Watson sets the stage for relating this one,
"I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran" adding a little later, "there are widespread rumours as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tend to make the matter even more terrible than the truth."
So the reader finds themself just a couple of paragraphs in, and hooked already. Dr. Watson remembers back to early April 1883. He had been unexpectedly woken at 7:15am by Sherlock Holmes, who was usually himself a late riser. The case was, Holmes stressed, urgent. A young lady was at that moment in their sitting room, pale and drawn, and literally shaking with fear. Holmes observes that she is around thirty, dressed in black with a black veil, and strands of premature grey in her hair. Although she is desperate for help, she apologises, saying that she cannot pay Holmes anything now, but promising Holmes that she will soon be married and have control of her own income. She further names the person by whom she has heard of the great detective, to convince him of her credentials. Of course, the matter of payment is no problem for our gallant detective. He has been analysing clues about the woman before him as she speaks, and already knows a fair bit about her. Coupled with the "reference" which he quickly checks in his case-book, this is enough for him to be intrigued by the case, as are we.
The woman, Helen Stoner, tells them that she and her twin sister, Julia, are living with their stepfather, Dr. Roylott, who is now the last living member of a once great English family. The Roylotts once controlled huge estates, but their descendants are now impoverished, apart from the old house they all live in, which is now heavily mortgaged. The tension cranks up notch by notch as Helen Stoner tells her story.
Dr. Grimesby Roylott had emigrated to India as soon as he obtained his medical degree, and he managed to establish a thriving practice there in Calcutta. He also married the widow of a Major-General in the Bengal Artillery, a Mrs. Stoner, who had a considerable amount of money of her own.
The story is masterly in the nuggets of information it slowly reveals. It is virtually impossible to ascertain what can have happened. Dr. Grimesby Roylott himself comes to see Sherlock Holmes and presents a terrifying spectacle, the perfect foil to Holmes's suave urbanity, as he expostulates, shaking his hunting crop at Holmes,
"'I know you, you scoundrel! I have heard of you before. You are Holmes the meddler.'
My friend smiled.
'Holmes the busybody!'
His smile broadened.
'Holmes the Scotland Yard jack-in-office.'
Holmes chuckled heartily. 'Your conversation is most entertaining,' said he."
We learn of alterations to the house, we think we see a perfect motive for a crime, yet still we cannot deduce it from the information given. On Sherlock Holmes's visit to the house, he isolates three significant factors: From these he knows all, although the reader would probably need to equal his genius to do so.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for this story may have been an article published in February 1891, in "Cassell's Saturday Journal". (Beware - the title in the next spoiler gives away the ending!)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself wrote a stage play based on "The Speckled Band". It was a great success and ran for 169 performances at the "Adelphi Theatre" before transferring to the "Globe", and subsequently went on to tour England. This was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third stage play and the second Sherlock Holmes dramatisation.
Not only does the story have a perfect structure, a story within a story, with a build-up of tension mounting alongside, as we learn the characters and personalities involved. Not only is this a perfect example of a "closed room mystery", of which Conan Doyle was to write four in total. This was his own personal favourite, perhaps because it also contains several of the recurring themes we see in many of the Sherlock Holmes stories. There is a wellbred young woman in distress, an overbearing and vulgar man, a connection with an exotic overseas country, both in location, people and animals, a problem steeped in history, a country house, a close observation of unusual architectural features, either thieves, "gypsies", or vagabonds, an aristocratic family ... But most of all, there is a problem, the solution to which is fiendishly convoluted, yet when explained, makes perfect logical sense.
It also, as a bonus, has an ethically satisfying, although not strictly legal, ending.
"Subtle enough and horrible enough. When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals."
February 1, 2022
i read this in an english class, due to suffering from the affliction of a professor with a sherlock holmes obsession, and this just does not hold up to the level of scrutiny that pulitzer prize winners were carrying off, easy peasy.
this is a great mystery, yes, but you try analyzing it for symbols and word patterns and etymology and tell me if you had fun with it.
i'm a huge nerd, and even i thought it was a snooze of a task.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago for almost no reason
this is a great mystery, yes, but you try analyzing it for symbols and word patterns and etymology and tell me if you had fun with it.
i'm a huge nerd, and even i thought it was a snooze of a task.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago for almost no reason
December 21, 2020
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of the darker Sherlock Holmes stories dealing with murder by unusual means. The story is written as if it was one of the earliest cases undertaken by Holmes and Watson as a duo, with the case being brought to the consulting detective by a scared young lady, Helen Stoner.
Helen Stoner鈥檚 sister had died in mysterious circumstances, and ultimately this death proved to be one of the earliest examples in crime fiction, of a 鈥淟ocked Room鈥� mystery. Subsequently, this type of problem was taken up by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of the Empty House and The Adventure of the Crooked Man; and, of course, ever since the time of Conan Doyle, crime writers have made use the locked room problem.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is of course memorable because of the murder, but it is also praised, amongst fans of Sherlock Holmes, for highlighting all of the best characteristics of the detective. In the story Holmes shows a real concern for his client, overlooking the lack of payment for services, as wells as concern for the wellbeing of Dr. Watson. The case also shows the physical strength of Holmes, and of course, his ability to deduce and extrapolate from the evidence presented to him.
As with many of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Adventure of the Speckled Band was adapted for TV by Granada, with Jeremy Brett starring as Sherlock Holmes; the adaptation being the sixth episode of the first series.
Helen Stoner鈥檚 sister had died in mysterious circumstances, and ultimately this death proved to be one of the earliest examples in crime fiction, of a 鈥淟ocked Room鈥� mystery. Subsequently, this type of problem was taken up by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of the Empty House and The Adventure of the Crooked Man; and, of course, ever since the time of Conan Doyle, crime writers have made use the locked room problem.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is of course memorable because of the murder, but it is also praised, amongst fans of Sherlock Holmes, for highlighting all of the best characteristics of the detective. In the story Holmes shows a real concern for his client, overlooking the lack of payment for services, as wells as concern for the wellbeing of Dr. Watson. The case also shows the physical strength of Holmes, and of course, his ability to deduce and extrapolate from the evidence presented to him.
As with many of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Adventure of the Speckled Band was adapted for TV by Granada, with Jeremy Brett starring as Sherlock Holmes; the adaptation being the sixth episode of the first series.
December 24, 2024
I threw this in my purse to read over lunch today. One of the best of the Sherlock Holmes stories that I have read thus far. An eerie locked room mystery and when all is revealed quite diabolical! It did make me wonder if the instrument/vehicle that was utilized to commit murder could really be done.
July 28, 2021
This was supposedly one of Doyle's favorite Holmes stories, if not his actual most favorite. It's quite eerie, and Holmes puts on a fine show of his powers of deductive reasoning. However the title refers to what turns out to be an annoyingly huge red herring. I guess I should expect that by now, but I still feel cheated. Plus, I like my villains a bit more dastardly.
October 29, 2017
Woooooooow. O_O
This is still one of the best mysteries I've read. The suspense is incredible, and I felt my heart pounding during the climax even though I've already read this once in the past.
The BEST Sherlock Holmes story that I've encountered yet - perfect for reading on a blustery autumn day!
5 stars!
This is still one of the best mysteries I've read. The suspense is incredible, and I felt my heart pounding during the climax even though I've already read this once in the past.
The BEST Sherlock Holmes story that I've encountered yet - perfect for reading on a blustery autumn day!
5 stars!
June 25, 2023
Creo que es el primer caso en el que m谩s o menos puedo descifrar cu谩l ser谩 la respuesta a todo antes de que la revele Sherlock. La verdad es que las menciones a las mascotas ex贸ticas que ten铆a este doctor y las muertes extra帽as que sucedieron por ah铆 me ayudaron a conectar un poco las cosas.
Ahora, obviamente nunca me imagin茅 que el culpable fuera un tercer animal que no hab铆an mencionado, pero disfrut茅 bastante este relato.
En general, adoro ver la din谩mica entre Sherlock y Watson... y me da igual lo que digan, pero yo los shippeo xD.
Ahora, obviamente nunca me imagin茅 que el culpable fuera un tercer animal que no hab铆an mencionado, pero disfrut茅 bastante este relato.
En general, adoro ver la din谩mica entre Sherlock y Watson... y me da igual lo que digan, pero yo los shippeo xD.
February 11, 2024
I didn't find any interest, suspense or mystery in this story. All the characters are introduced in such a way that it didn't take long to find out actual murderer. It would be absolutely interesting for children but for me it was a complete nonsense and underdeveloped story. I really won't recommend it to any Sherlock Holmes lovers...
March 7, 2024
鉂勶笍賲爻鬲賲乇賵賳 賲毓 丕賱毓夭賷夭 賴賵賱賲夭 賮賷 賰卮賮 丕賱睾賲賵囟 丕賱賲孬賷乇 賱賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賮賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 鬲丿賵乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丨賵賱 乇噩賱 賲賳 賴賵丕丞 鬲乇亘賷丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕亘賳鬲丕 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵賮賷 丕丨丿丕賴賲丕 賮賷 馗乇賵賮 睾丕賲囟丞 賵鬲賴乇毓 丕賱兀禺乇賷 賱胤賱亘 丕賱賲爻丕毓丿丞 賲賳 賴賵賱賲夭 賮賷 賰卮賮 賴匕丕 丕賱睾賲賵囟 貙賴賱 賷賲賰賳 賱賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 丕賳 鬲氐賱 賱丨丿 賲禺賷賮 賲賳 丕賱丿賳丕卅丞 責貙賴賱 賷賲賰賳 丕賳 賷賳毓賰爻 丕賱卮乇 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲胤丕賮 賱賷賵丿賷 亘氐丕丨亘賴 責
鉂勶笍賱丕 鬲賳爻賵 丕禺賵鬲賳丕 賮賷 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賲賳 丕賱丿毓丕亍
March 25, 2022
丕卮鬲賯鬲 賱賴賵賱賲夭 亘毓丿 丕賳賯胤丕毓 賱爻鬲丞 兀卮賴乇 毓賳 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賴貙 賵賴匕賴 丕賱賯囟賷丞 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 賮賷 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞. 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱爻鬲 賵禺賲爻賷賳 賯氐丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賱卮賷乇賱賵賰 賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 賱賲亘鬲賰乇賴 丌乇孬乇 賰賵賳丕賳 丿賵賷賱... 賱賰賳賴丕 亘毓賷丿丞 賲賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賱賷.
賴賷賱賷賳丕 爻鬲賵賳乇 鬲賱噩兀 賲乇鬲毓亘丞 賱賲丨賯賯 卮丕乇毓 亘賷賰乇 亘毓丿 兀賳 賱丨馗鬲 賳賮爻 丕賱賲賱丕亘爻丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丨賰鬲賴丕 賱賴丕 鬲賵兀賲鬲賴丕 噩賵賱賷丕 賮賷 賱賷賱丞 賵賮丕鬲賴丕 亘賳賮爻 丕賱賲賳夭賱 賵亘匕丕鬲 丕賱睾乇賮丞 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞.
丕賱賲賲賷夭 亘丕賱賯囟賷丞 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰鬲賮 亘賲賴丕乇丕鬲 卮賷乇賱賵賰 丕賱丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩賷丞 亘賱 鬲胤賱亘鬲 賵噩賵丿賴 賮賷 賵噩賴 丕賱賲丿賮毓貙 賮賷 丕賱睾乇賮丞 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞 賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賮乇囟賷鬲賴 賵丨賲丕賷丞 毓賲賷賱鬲賴.
賴匕賷 兀賰孬乇 賯囟賷丞 睾賲乇鬲賳賷 亘兀噩賵丕亍 賲卮丐賵賲丞 賵兀亘賯鬲賳賷 賲囟胤乇亘 禺賱丕賱 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕... 賱賰賳 丕賱禺丿毓丞 丕賱賱賷 鬲鬲囟丨 賲毓 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 馗乇賷賮丞.
馃敟丨乇賯馃敟
賴賵賷丞 丕賱賲噩乇賲 爻賴賱丞 丕賱鬲賵賯毓 賱賰賳 丕賱賱睾夭 亘丕賱賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱賱賷 賲丕 賯丿乇鬲 兀毓乇賮賴丕. 賵毓賱賶 毓賰爻 亘丕鬲賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲丨賯賯 賰賵賳丕賳貙 鬲賮丕噩兀鬲 亘賰賵賳 卮賷乇賱賵賰 賱丕 賷賲丕賳毓 丕賱鬲爻亘亘 亘賲賯鬲賱 丕賱賯丕鬲賱.
賴賷賱賷賳丕 爻鬲賵賳乇 鬲賱噩兀 賲乇鬲毓亘丞 賱賲丨賯賯 卮丕乇毓 亘賷賰乇 亘毓丿 兀賳 賱丨馗鬲 賳賮爻 丕賱賲賱丕亘爻丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丨賰鬲賴丕 賱賴丕 鬲賵兀賲鬲賴丕 噩賵賱賷丕 賮賷 賱賷賱丞 賵賮丕鬲賴丕 亘賳賮爻 丕賱賲賳夭賱 賵亘匕丕鬲 丕賱睾乇賮丞 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞.
丕賱賲賲賷夭 亘丕賱賯囟賷丞 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰鬲賮 亘賲賴丕乇丕鬲 卮賷乇賱賵賰 丕賱丕爻鬲賳鬲丕噩賷丞 亘賱 鬲胤賱亘鬲 賵噩賵丿賴 賮賷 賵噩賴 丕賱賲丿賮毓貙 賮賷 丕賱睾乇賮丞 丕賱賲睾賱賯丞 賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賮乇囟賷鬲賴 賵丨賲丕賷丞 毓賲賷賱鬲賴.
賴匕賷 兀賰孬乇 賯囟賷丞 睾賲乇鬲賳賷 亘兀噩賵丕亍 賲卮丐賵賲丞 賵兀亘賯鬲賳賷 賲囟胤乇亘 禺賱丕賱 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕... 賱賰賳 丕賱禺丿毓丞 丕賱賱賷 鬲鬲囟丨 賲毓 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 馗乇賷賮丞.
馃敟丨乇賯馃敟
賴賵賷丞 丕賱賲噩乇賲 爻賴賱丞 丕賱鬲賵賯毓 賱賰賳 丕賱賱睾夭 亘丕賱賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱賱賷 賲丕 賯丿乇鬲 兀毓乇賮賴丕. 賵毓賱賶 毓賰爻 亘丕鬲賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲丨賯賯 賰賵賳丕賳貙 鬲賮丕噩兀鬲 亘賰賵賳 卮賷乇賱賵賰 賱丕 賷賲丕賳毓 丕賱鬲爻亘亘 亘賲賯鬲賱 丕賱賯丕鬲賱.
December 27, 2024
5+ stars (6/10 hearts). I love this story. I love the glimpse at Sherlock鈥檚 real heart鈥攖he kind heart that battle injustice and evil for the sake of helping the weak and innocent. The lady is so sweet and appealing; the stepfather is one of the most terrifying yet interesting villains in the Sherlock stories; the mystery/suspense is spectacular; Sherlock鈥檚 work is fantastic; the whole mood/setting is epic鈥� Ahhh, it鈥檚 one of my very favourite Sherlock stories!
Content: smoking; 2 instances of swearing; one use of 鈥渄**il.鈥�
A Favourite Quote: 鈥淰iolence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.鈥�
Favourite Humorous Quote: 鈥淰ery sorry to knock you up, Watson,鈥� said he, 鈥渂ut it鈥檚 the common lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.鈥�
鈥淲hat is it, then鈥攁 fire?鈥�
鈥淣o; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate.鈥�
Content: smoking; 2 instances of swearing; one use of 鈥渄**il.鈥�
A Favourite Quote: 鈥淰iolence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.鈥�
Favourite Humorous Quote: 鈥淰ery sorry to knock you up, Watson,鈥� said he, 鈥渂ut it鈥檚 the common lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.鈥�
鈥淲hat is it, then鈥攁 fire?鈥�
鈥淣o; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a considerable state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate.鈥�
August 26, 2018
{{ 廿賳賴丕 噩乇賷賲丞 賲丕賰乇丞 賵 賲乇賵毓丞 噩丿丕 貙 賮毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲噩賴 胤亘賷亘 廿賱賶 胤乇賷賯 丕賱卮乇 賷賰賵賳 賲賳 兀賮囟賱 丕賱賲噩乇賲賷賳 賮賴賵 賷賲鬲賱賰 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 賵 賯賵丞丕賱兀毓氐丕亘 }}
May 6, 2016
If it's Sherlock Holmes, you know its good.
January 6, 2023
Not many characters involved in the crime, and thus fairly less suspense or room for other possibilities to exist, but overall readable.
February 25, 2017
賵鬲亘賯賶 兀噩丕孬丕 賰乇爻鬲賷 賲賱賰丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 賵 賱丕 賲噩丕賱 賱賲賳丕賮爻鬲賴丕 .
January 30, 2023
An ok mystery, not one of Holmes better cases
December 24, 2022
Ne bih pospajala tragove. Dobro je da imamo Sherlocka! Vjerujem da 膰e se kratka pri膷a svidjeti svima koji vole poznatog detektiva, a oni koji ga tek trebaju upoznati, mla膽a ekipa za koju je knjiga i namijenjena, 膰e biti zadovoljna ma拧tovitom idejom. Zabava za cijelu obitelj!
November 18, 2015
I can say that this is one of the best S.H stories, this man is rad, even with insufficient data, he managed to get things right, Sir. Arthur, chapeau!
October 30, 2017
I read this a few years ago for school, and oh my crumpets! I never thought I'd like this story, but... this is kinda what got me hooked on the BBC's Sherlock. ;)
October 20, 2021
賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 卮丕乇賱賵賰 賴賵賱賲夭貙 鬲兀賱賷賮 丕賱爻賷丿 丌乇孬乇 賰賵賳丕賳 丿賵賷賱
賯囟賷丞 "賱睾夭 丕賱毓氐丕亘丞 丕賱乇賯胤丕亍" 賴賷 丕賱賯囟賷丞 -兀賵 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞- 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 賲賳 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 卮丕乇賱賵賰 賴賵賱賲夭 .
毓賳丿賲丕 鬲毓賲賶 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 亘爻亘亘 丕賱賲丕賱 賮廿賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 丕賱賴賲噩賷丞 賵丕賱丨賷賵丕賳賷丞 丕賱賲賮乇胤丞貙 賴匕賴 賴賷 賯氐丞 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賱爻丕亘賯 -賰丕賳 丿賰鬲賵乇丕 賮賷 丕賱賴賳丿- 賵丕賱匕賷 賯乇乇 賯鬲賱 丕亘賳鬲賷 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮賷丞 亘毓丿 賯乇丕乇賴賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩- 賮賳噩丨 賮賷 賯鬲賱 賵丕丨丿丞 亘賷賳賲丕 賱噩兀鬲 丕賱兀禺乇賶 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賳賯匕 卮丕乇賱賵賰 賵氐丿賷賯賴 賵丕胤爻賵賳 .
May 22, 2022
I am not a big fan of mystery fiction, therefore I am not very knowledgeable about the Sherlock Holmes books. However, this is a children鈥檚 version of Holmes, so I was suddenly interested. More importantly, it is a glow-in-the-dark version of Holmes. That鈥檚 it. Sold!
The story is set up wonderfully, full of foreboding and tension. A once grand family, a decrepit mansion, mysterious happenings, and ghostly fear bring Sherlock and Watson into the investigation. It is different than most children鈥檚 books in that there is more text than pictures, so it can also qualify as a middle-grade book. The illustrations are by the late Dean Morrissey (R.I.P. 2021), who was known for his realistic artwork. The selling point of this volume is what happens when the lights go out at night. If the reader shines a light upon the illustrations, certain sections glow-in-the-dark, showing clues to the mystery. A young reader will want to turn the pages to get more clues and to see the glow effect. I like that, it made it fun to peruse.
It should also be a fun read for a parent who wants to bring a supernatural tone to a bedtime reading for their children.
Book Season = Winter (catlike whines)
The story is set up wonderfully, full of foreboding and tension. A once grand family, a decrepit mansion, mysterious happenings, and ghostly fear bring Sherlock and Watson into the investigation. It is different than most children鈥檚 books in that there is more text than pictures, so it can also qualify as a middle-grade book. The illustrations are by the late Dean Morrissey (R.I.P. 2021), who was known for his realistic artwork. The selling point of this volume is what happens when the lights go out at night. If the reader shines a light upon the illustrations, certain sections glow-in-the-dark, showing clues to the mystery. A young reader will want to turn the pages to get more clues and to see the glow effect. I like that, it made it fun to peruse.
It should also be a fun read for a parent who wants to bring a supernatural tone to a bedtime reading for their children.
Book Season = Winter (catlike whines)
April 17, 2018
"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is the eighth story in the
story collection, the third publication in the Sherlock Holmes series (after the first two novels, so the first story collection).
Holmes and Watson help a scared young lady who's sister died mysteriously shortly before her wedding, uttering only the words "the speckled band", and who now fears the same may happen to her as her own wedding approaches.
Another twisty one, I had heard that this was one of the greats a while before reading it, and I was happy to find I was not disappointed.
Holmes and Watson help a scared young lady who's sister died mysteriously shortly before her wedding, uttering only the words "the speckled band", and who now fears the same may happen to her as her own wedding approaches.
Another twisty one, I had heard that this was one of the greats a while before reading it, and I was happy to find I was not disappointed.
August 30, 2023
A short Sherlock Holmes classic in which the 鈥渨hodunnit鈥� is fairly obvious but the 鈥渉owtheydunnit鈥� takes a little more concentrated contemplation.
December 1, 2018
A short story that takes place in the early days of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In this one, a woman comes to Holmes in asking him to investigate her sister's death which occurred before her wedding day. The surviving sister is about to be married and she is afraid that she will succumb to the same fate of her sister.
I am not the biggest fan of short stories but this one I thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe I enjoyed this one because I have read another adventure with these characters. Immediately, I was transported back in time to when this story was written and immediately I could see the strength of the relationship between the two characters. As for the mystery, the clues are there for the reader to solve (I did not) and I enjoyed how the author shows the deductive reasoning of the main character and how he solves the mystery.
Right away I was enthralled in the story which is critical considering there is a limited amount of pages with this short story. I am new to these adventures and I am so enjoying them. They are truly timeless.
I am not the biggest fan of short stories but this one I thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe I enjoyed this one because I have read another adventure with these characters. Immediately, I was transported back in time to when this story was written and immediately I could see the strength of the relationship between the two characters. As for the mystery, the clues are there for the reader to solve (I did not) and I enjoyed how the author shows the deductive reasoning of the main character and how he solves the mystery.
Right away I was enthralled in the story which is critical considering there is a limited amount of pages with this short story. I am new to these adventures and I am so enjoying them. They are truly timeless.
August 14, 2021
5 Stars. There's a reason why this short story is among the best and most famous ever published. Is it perfect? Far from it, but the sensation it created in 1892 is palpable even today. I read it in "Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories," a 2 volume work from 2020. When it came out in "The Strand" in February 1892, it made Conan Doyle's name. Fear and anxiety lead Helen Stoner to come to see Holmes and tell her tale. She believes her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott is going to kill her. He's in much need of her inheritance, which came to Helen through her mother; with Helen's pending marriage, it will leave with her. She explains that he is a man of vile temper who lashes out if he doesn't get his way. The clincher for Holmes and Watson has to be the upsetting memory Helen has of the death of her twin sister two years earlier after she too became engaged. Her mysterious dying words? "Speckled band." Our two detectives are convinced something horrible may happen and travel to Sussex to the Roylott estate where they surreptitiously spend the night in Helen's new bedroom. Were the repairs in her usual one necessary? Enjoy one of the best. (July 2021)
March 11, 2020
"I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart."
One of the most creative and imaginative short stories ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band has a satisfying structure. The reader is drip fed information. A story inside a story. There is just enough character development to make us care about the intended victim. Who is ... a well-bred young woman in distress. Factor in an overbearing cad. Sprinkle a few foreign countries. A country mansion. A few unsavoury types, thieves and gypsies. And a complex dilemma.
This all goes to making this one of Doyle's best "closed room" short stories. He later dramatised this into a successful stage play. Recommended, and it even has a satisfying, although not 100% legal, ending.
One of the most creative and imaginative short stories ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band has a satisfying structure. The reader is drip fed information. A story inside a story. There is just enough character development to make us care about the intended victim. Who is ... a well-bred young woman in distress. Factor in an overbearing cad. Sprinkle a few foreign countries. A country mansion. A few unsavoury types, thieves and gypsies. And a complex dilemma.
This all goes to making this one of Doyle's best "closed room" short stories. He later dramatised this into a successful stage play. Recommended, and it even has a satisfying, although not 100% legal, ending.
August 8, 2017
Helen Stoner counsels Sherlock Holmes about the passing of her twin sister, Julia, who kicked the bucket before her wedding, crying that: "it was the Speckled Band!" Holmes must research their mom's domain and the unsavory Dr. Roylott, Helen's stepfather, who enables tramps to camp on his home and has both a cheetah and a primate going crazy in the grounds. Be that as it may, would helen be able to be accepted? Is Dr Roycroft as terrible as he appears? Furthermore, can the specked hankies worn about the necks of the wanderers truly be an occurrence?
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