The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: 37 Short Stories and a Novel from the "Strand Magazine"

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Illustration of a pantomime at Drury Lane for The Illustrated London News, 8 January 1876, reprinted in Daily Life in Victorian England by Sally Mitchell, p.214 (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996)

The Complete Illustrated Novels of Sherlock Holmes (Royal

I created the second version in 2008 when I was 51, thirteen years after the first version. I converted the first version to vector art and made modifications and additions in Adobe Illustrator.Baker Street was later extended, but 221B still did not exist because there was a large building at that location called Abbey House which took up the space of several numbers including 221. You appear to be astonished,” he said, smiling at my expression of surprise. “Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it.” So, recommended. I suppose. If you are already a fan and have an interest in late 19th century art work. I am new to audiobooks. There is a certain point in the evenings where my eyes tire and I have no interest in watching TV, so these audiobooks keep me company in the watches of the night. I also take them to bed where they help me drop off to sleep. I know the stories so well that I don't have to worry that I will miss anything important. Most of the stories are highly atmospheric and if you've ever been to England it's very easy to immerse yourself in the narrative, which I thought was marvelous.

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Oh no - did I just give away a spoiler?! - forgive me my dear GR friends! You know me, I don't typically do this...but...it was part of the point I was making about the author - so I apologize for this!) someone to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found, and which were too much for his purse. Overall content: violence; smoking; drinking; language; some immoral situations (not presented well). I was also fascinated by people. And mostly people who did bad things to other people. I never understood why humanity was so cruel to each other. I wanted to learn. I wanted to fix them, I guess. An unframed picture of Henry Ward Beecher: The Resident Patient and The Adventure of the Cardboard BoxI have learnt how to articulate sentences in a good English which would have been impossible if I read the Bengali translation. And this English can hardly be found in today's American version of English, not sure if it is in British English now. So-called globalization has affected thus harshly the varieties of languages. Already movements for localisation has started. The original art work and printing adds an interesting element to this volume. But, in the end, it is the tales of Holmes that make this book attractive. I became curious which of the Holmes stories did not get adapted and found a list at the bottom of the Wikipedia entry below. The author, John Le Carre wrote in November 14, 2006, as he reviewed the 150th printing of this edition, “Dr. Watson doesn’t write to you, he talks to you, with Edwardian courtesy, across a glowing fire. His voice has no barriers or affections. It is clear, energetic and decent, the voice of a tweedy, no-nonsense colonial Britisher at ease with himself.” I have included the problematic terraced house floor plan below so you can see the problems which arise when one tries to force 221B Baker Street into the shape of a common terraced house.