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11-10-2006, 04:57 PM
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Arthur Conan Doyle
I love Arthur Conan Doyle's work, it's so interesting. I'm mostly talking about Sherlock Holmes. It isn't the best writing with witty phrases and such (although by today's standards it is very good), but it has twist endings and interesting cases. It's a great compilation of work! What do you think about Doyle? No spoilers please, because I haven't read all the stories.
-George Moyle
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11-10-2006, 05:15 PM
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I've only ever read Sherlock Holmes so I can't say really.
I've seen the TV versions of The Lost World
Apart from that didn't he write some non-fiction military books?
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11-10-2006, 05:34 PM
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I was talking about the Sherlock Holmes stories. What do you think about them?
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11-10-2006, 06:53 PM
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I used to love them but I have not read them in quite some time.
I feel that he bypasses telling the audience the evidence only to reveal it all at the end when he's solved the mystery.
I like the way he explains the evidence and cues though.
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11-10-2006, 10:12 PM
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Yes, too often he doesn't reveal the evidence to the audience. That can be a pain.
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11-11-2006, 12:44 AM
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I tried reading one once, hated it. TOOOOOOOOOOO arrogant for my tastes.
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11-11-2006, 05:35 AM
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Ive just started reading hound of the baskervilles and i agree with the last post about holmes being way to arrogant but i'm enjoying the book.
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11-11-2006, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Vee
I feel that he bypasses telling the audience the evidence only to reveal it all at the end when he's solved the mystery.
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It has to be like that. The stories are told by Watson who is nowhere near as observant as Holmes - it just wouldn't be right if he spotted all the clues and relayed them in his narrative.
I've read A Study In Scarlet recently and found it interesting enough to read the rest, although a 130 page novel(la) with the case all solved by page 60 was a bold structural move. It works, however. Just. |
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11-11-2006, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Stewart
It has to be like that. The stories are told by Watson who is nowhere near as observant as Holmes - it just wouldn't be right if he spotted all the clues and relayed them in his narrative.
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True, but sometimes he could get the clues through in a casual way. So Watson didn't know they were clues. |
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