The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
Posted by admin in Kindle Sunday, 11 July 2010 11:47 3 Comments
Product Description
Housed in one superb volume, The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection includes every Sherlock Holmes tale penned by the great Arthur Conan Doyle. With a linked table of contents, you can click on each and every chapter, making for easy navigation through this mammoth omnibus.
Included are:
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Bas… More >>
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection
Sherlock Holmes has always appealed to me. I enjoy his penetrating logic and allergy to boredom. Although I loved these stories as a kid, I never fully appreciated the marvel of Arthur Conan Doyle’s storytelling and prose style. The latest Sherlock Holmes movie, with Robert Downey Junior playing the master sleuth, inspired me to re-discover these stories and novels. I especially loved “Hound of the Baskervilles,” a timeless “creepy” tale that combines a supernatural legend with unexplained deaths and a hidden identity. Holmes and Watson leave the comforts of their cozy flat at 221B Baker Street to explore the stark moors. The characters they meet are all fully developed and yet, hide critical evidence from view. The scary chase with a hound across the foggy moor is still a fearful experience, even though I have read the scene many times. It’s hard to believe these stories were written a hundred years ago. Although set in a Victorian age of hansom cabs, mud-spattered boots and afternoon tea, the dialogue and the observations about human nature are still fresh and seem like they were written today.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a review for the Kindle version.
The table of contents, yes it is really is there, is nicer than the
over version(s) that I have previously bought.
So far I have found no formating errors.
And the use of font sizes looks better than other version(s).
Both of my 20 something year old sons and myself are enjoying
reading this together. My wife is about ready to join in too.
Nice to be reading Sherlock Holmes again.
And how are you going to beat 99 cents!
This is what Kindle is all about!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is jammed packed with all of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries; each and every story ever published, as advertised. And each story is linked as well, so moving around the chapters and short stories is a breeze, unlike in many of the other Kindle versions out there. The layout is clean and neat, and there are even illustrations throughout, which some stories call for, as Holmes refers to maps and figures of dancing men, etc., and it helps to have the illustrations, which highlight and enhance the storytelling.
Great anthology! And the price is unbeatable!
Rating: 5 / 5