The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics)

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Summary: Doyle at his best
Review: This book is great. Although there are two other books like this one, I prefer this one the best. My favorite mystery in it is "The Red Headed League." An honorable mention is "The Engineer's Thumb." You won't regret buying this book, so... go ahead!

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Summary: Good to read if you like mysteries
Review: This was a pretty good book. It was kinda boring for a long time but if you get into it it's not that bad.The lanuge they use in the book(old english)can get really annoying. Sometimes it is really hard to understand. Overall it was a pretty good book, but it was log and sometimes really boring.I recomend this book to people who have alot of time to read, its long and hard to understand.

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Summary: Was I ever surprised!
Review: When my son and husband chose The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for our monthly book discussion, I was certain I'd be bored senseless but figured it was only fair that they choose some of the titles, too. Far from bored, however, I actually loved the droll accounts of Sherlock's sleuthing talents. In fact, as I read, I could "hear" a radio broadcast of the stories in my head. As it turns out, recordings of the mysteries are available, as are films of the adventures. It will be interesting to see how these compare to the version in my head.

If you are sharing these stories with young readers, you may want to read the first story aloud. This proved helpful to my son, who initially had a little trouble "getting into" the rhythm of the narrative. After "The Solitary Cyclist," however, he was happily on his own. He is now tackling a two-volume collection of Doyle's mysteries.