Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

by Clare West (Adaptor), Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

Genres: Mystery, Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Crime, Read For School, Audiobook

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas, and has led workshops for teachers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Greece, and Argentina. For most of her teaching career she was involved with long-stay students on Cambridge examination courses, and engaged in the development of strategies to improve students' reading and writing skills.

She is now a freelance author, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning. Current writing projects include contributing to the Oxford Bookworms Library and Dominoes series, writing supplementary materials such as grammar workbooks, as well as being the Series Editor for the Oxford Bookworms Playscripts series.

Reviews

[Abrar Alarjan · Rating 4 out of 5]

تحتوي على أشهر قصتين لشارلوك هولمز. وهي العصبة المبرقعة وفضيحة بوهيميا وأخيرًا بذور البرتقال وهي الأقل شهرة .

قررت في المستوى الثاني بأن آخر قراءة آرثر حتى أنتهي كيلا أمل من لغته أو أسلوبه وكان فعلي في محله .

أعجبتني وأثارت إعجابي القصة الأولى العصبة المبرقعة جميلة .
طبعا كلا ثلاث قصص مترجمة باللغة العربية ولكنها ترجمة بلا حقوق .وأعتقد أنها مرفوعة على الإنترنت

[Fateme Beygi · Rating 3 out of 5]

بالاخره به این طریق هم که شده-برای تقویت زبان- من با نسخه ی ادبی شرلوک مواجه شدم و سعی کردم جدای از چهره ی سریالی اش از این چهره ی اصل هم لذت ببرم. توی این کتاب سه داستان
The Speckled Band
A Scandal in Bohemia
The five Orange Pips
به صورتی خلاصه تر وجود داشت که همون طور که انتظار داشتم داستان محبوب من همون داستان دومه.

[Fiza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes. It is one of my favourite books. He is so smart. I wish I could be as smart as he, but I know he is not real. It is just a book but tell lots of things.

When I read this book I feel so exited and always been curious what will happen at the end. I have read it more than two times. All I want to say is it's a really good book and yeah every teenage would like to read it.

[Karol P · Rating 2 out of 5]

Muy fluido y sencillo.Me ha gustado

[Marta Czamberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

króciutkie, ale przyjemne

[Fateme · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was easy to read, but I really enjoyed it. It includes three different stories.

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet. I'm going to be reading some short stories to develop new material. Seeing how it's also one of my reading gaps, I'm intruiged to see what I'll think.

[Nang Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes is a very smart detective. He knows everything figuring things out all by himself. I love the story" A Scandal in Bohemia" where he finds a woman smarter than him. Now I know what kind of books I like. I like Mystery Thrillers.(no killing involved)

[Jenine · Rating 4 out of 5]

it could've been better if it were a bit longer

[Kosuke Katayama · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. Oxford, Stage 2

2. Dec 20→ 80 minutes

3. pipe, afraid, woman, speckled, marry, answer, house

4a. One day, a young woman came to Sherlock Holmes. She has a problem that a stranger follow her when she goes to my mother's house. When she was younger, her father and mother died. So, she wanted her parents to get permission to marry. But, they left. After that, strange people annoucing her friends went to her house.He listened to her and made a solution.

4b. I know only his name, but I don't know his job and personality. I think his attitude to her problem is very kind. He is a good person. He made an idea to solve, this quality is good. In Japan, if there is a person like him, accidents can decrease.

5. This book is a little serious, but he made her safe. It has not only this accident, but also two more accidents. I could not read the last accident, so I want to continue to read by the end. He can solve these problems with his idea. So, the author wanted to write that he is smart. I respect him.

[Yomi Olufidipe · Rating 3 out of 5]

'The Dead Coachman' is 4 stars and actually kinda shocked me at how much the deduction scenes still really hit in prose form when compared to both the BBC TV Show and RDJ Films which I adore.

But then 'The Last Mystery' is a 2 as again having seen The Reichenbach Fall (Season 2 Episode 3) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows which are both so special to me - this seems to tepid in comparison.

So overall a 3/5 feels right.

[Batul Homsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a child who grew up by watching Detective Conan, from about 15 years ago, until now. Sherlock was the inspiring character for Conan, and I felt excited about knowing Sherlock to like him like Conan.
Reading these short stories was so interesting for me, and I'm so excited about reading another book written by Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock. I really like mystery !

[Felipe CZ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Retold by Clare West, these are some of my favorite Sherlock Holmes' stories: The Speckled Band (a violent father tries to kill his daughter with a snake), A Scandal in Bohemia (photo scandal with the king of Bohemia, when Sherlock Holmes meets Irene Adler), The Five Orange Pips (KKK tries to find someone).

[File de Poveste · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very suitable for young children who want to start reading in English and who want to start reading the famous books with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Álvaro Jiménez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si te gusta el mundo creado por Sir Arthur y Sherlock Holmes, te gustará leer estas pequeñas historias.
Están escritas en un inglés muy sencillo y fácil de entender. Te quedas con ganas de leer más sobre Sherlock Holmes

[Blanca Mayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes relatos cortos, es un libro que contiene tres interesantes historias en las que este astuto detective participa.
Son historias breves pero que te tendrán al borde del asiento.
Muy recomendable para todas las edades.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an excellent choice for advanced English learners. There are reading comprehension activities in the back of the book. Also, the stories are short enough that the reader can stay engaged.

[Bini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

[Matildereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Doyle's novels

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die Geschichten waren wirklich spaßig zum lesen und ich konnte auch nicht aufhören

[Wael Assaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book from my college library.
Pretty easy and informative for new learners. Enjoyable read as well.

[Maria Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! I find Sherlock Holmes a fascinating character and I love the stories of him trying to solve the different crimes and how it always surprises me.

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun quick read, good for weird Chinese vocab.

[enfmaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting short stories but last one is too short to understand the background of characters.

[ياسين بن عبد القادر · Rating 5 out of 5]

My ears really enjoyed the audiobook of this smart mind of Mr.Detective (Sherlock Holmes)

[Hm · Rating 2 out of 5]

V. Good

[Basmala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full of interesting stories🌟

[Jane Febe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hound of baskerville
Scandal in bohemia
Will always mark as the best written mystery crime short stories of all time

[n-za · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice story! I like this book. I can follow the story cz the language is so easy to understand. Recommended!

[fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

read these for a book club at school. they were honestly very good and entertaining!!