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A review by actually_juliette
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0
Whew. I spent a solid five months in the world of Sherlock Holmes. For four of those months, I read other books, but I stuck with him all through October. That sort of relationship deserves a few words.
Doyle was quite the writer, and Holmes was quite the philosopher. Holmes may not have appreciated Watson's descriptions, but I did. (Case in point: "[A]nd beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.")
And another word: It would be a cheap and easy trick to condemn Holmes for his xenophobia. To be sure, I winced at some descriptions, and I rolled my eyes at any mention of the exotic. I also was mindful that Holmes and Doyle were men of their times. Holmes may seem advanced and worldly, but he is and always will be a Victorian Briton.
Doyle was quite the writer, and Holmes was quite the philosopher. Holmes may not have appreciated Watson's descriptions, but I did. (Case in point: "[A]nd beside him on the settee was a brand which he had brought up in the shape of a slim, flame-like young woman with a pale, intense face, youthful, and yet so worn with sin and sorrow that one read the terrible years which had left their leprous mark upon her.")
And another word: It would be a cheap and easy trick to condemn Holmes for his xenophobia. To be sure, I winced at some descriptions, and I rolled my eyes at any mention of the exotic. I also was mindful that Holmes and Doyle were men of their times. Holmes may seem advanced and worldly, but he is and always will be a Victorian Briton.