Um escândalo na Boémia / A Liga dos "Cabeça Vermelha" / Um caso de identidade / O mistério do Vale Boscombe

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes nasceu em 1887, quando o seu criador, Sir A. Conan Doyle, deu à estampa a novela Um Estudo em Vermelho, que abre a presente colecção. A sua popularidade cresceu de tal forma em poucos anos que o autor teve de o "ressuscitar" por exigência dos leitores, depois de o ter feito desaparecer num dos contos.
Personagem de mil caras e estratagemas, com uma capacidade de observação única, um raciocínio prodigiosos e uma argúcia genial, Sherlock Holmes tornou-se um clássico absoluto e um mito literário para todos os detectives que se lhe seguiram e para milhões de leitores em todo o mundo.
Sigamos, pois, com Sherlock Holmes e o seu companheiro Dr. Watson, estas aventuras contra o mal que, com mais de cem anos, bão envelheceram um dia.

126 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish 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.

Reviews

[Patrícia]

Quite enjoyable to read.

I am of the opinion that many of the assumptions that our detective makes are purely based on statistics that may or may not hold, and the remaining are incredibly farfetched. Although they could definitely be inferred, the certainty that they hold is debatable. Nevertheless, it is quite entertaining to follow Sherlock and Watson's adventures and very peculiar cases.

Also enjoyed Sherlock's opinions (and thus the author's?) on emotions, life and fiction. Particularly liked his musings on how "Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."

Will be reading the remaining, 7/10