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 * __The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes __**

The book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was written by Arthur Conan Doyle. This book's genre is mystery, although it isn't the kind that you can figure out on your own, at least not easily. This book is a group of different mysteries solved by Holmes. In these mysteries the victims come to Sherlock Holmes. Most of the victims are experiencing a loss of some valuable artifact or money or a murder. Some of the more interesting beginnings of cases include the loss a thumb, a hat without it's owner, a missing person, and a strange job. The cases usually begin with the victim coming to Holmes and then telling him their problem. Most of them were referred to him because he is the best. Knowing this they usually don't leave anything out no matter how miniscule it may seem. Then Holmes will think about the problem and search the areas where he thinks he may find clues and he will tell them to return and explain the whole situation to them and help them recover or uncover what was lost. One of the more interesting cases," A Scandal in Bohemia", ends with Holmes respecting the "criminal" who is later referred to as //the// woman. "And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title //the// woman" (Doyle 29).


 * __ Criticism __**

One thing that was annoying was having to constantly look in the back of the book for the definitions of some of the slang or the history of that case or country that he used and some of it was just where he might have gotten the name for it. Another thing that may be annoying for some people is that he doesn't give the reader all of the information so it would be very hard to find the criminal.

**__Reasons why its good__**

One reason that this book may have been on the Outstanding Books list is that it was an easy but interesting read. One can't help but get swept up in the victim's plight whether the victim lost a thumb or trying to find the owner of a hat who dropped his Christmas goose. There are also many times when one can't help but laugh at how the victims act. I would recommend this to others because it was a very good read and I think that others will enjoy it as well. The main characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, are developed quite well even if one hasn't seen the movies or pictures of them. The stories are very impressive, one wouldn't be able to think of ideas like this without talent. The mysteries vary in difficulty, because some of the clues are out in the open while others are hidden and read over completely unnoticed. One quote is infamous with both Holmes and the genre, "Elementary, my dear Watson". Dune of Harkonnen-Brendan __The Author's Biography: (Note: Most of my works cited are on this page) __ Arthur Conan Doyle Biography __My Source for the Biography: __ [|Conan Doyle Biography Source]
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This is just something fun I decided to add (it is of no relevance to Sherlock Holmes or my report).