The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

出版者:Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

作者:[英] 柯南·道尔

页数:992

出版时间:2005-11-17

价格:USD 85.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780393058000

丛书系列:The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

具体描述

The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume.

The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase.

Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 notes, 350 illustrations and period photographs, and tantalizing new Sherlockian theories. Inside, readers will find:

• A Study in Scarlet (1887)—a tale of murder and revenge that tells of Holmes and Dr. Watson's first meeting;

• The Sign of Four (1889)—a cinematic tale of lost treasure;

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)—hailed as the greatest mystery novel of all time; and

• The Valley of Fear (1914)—a fresh murder scene that leads Holmes to solve a long-forgotten mystery.

Whether as a stand-alone volume or as a companion to the short stories, this classic work illuminates the timeless genius of Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation. Two-colour text; 300 illustrations.

作者简介

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and died in 1930. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and later set up practice as a doctor at Southsea. It was while waiting for patients to arrive that he began to write and it was the success of his many adventure stories that allowed him to actively pursue the many causes that captured his attention, whether it was divorce law reform or the issuing of steel helmets to troops. However, it is for the enduring appeal of his Sherlock Holmes' stories that Conan Doyle will always be remembered.

Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous consulting detective. He resides at 221B Baker Street in London, where prospective clients can always reach him. While the police are known to make extensive use of his talents and the criminal fraternity to tremble with fear or fury at mere mention of his name, it is to the most bizarre or thoroughly inexplicable of mysteries that Sherlock Holmes - together with his dogged companion and amanuensis Dr Watson - is most often drawn.

用户评价

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最让我感到惊喜的是，这本书似乎不仅仅是一本“阅读材料”，更像是一份关于推理艺术的“入门指南”。它不仅仅是把故事堆砌在一起，而是通过精心的结构安排，仿佛在潜移默化中教授读者如何像夏洛克·福尔摩斯那样去观察、去分析。每一卷的开篇和收尾，都似乎经过了深思熟虑的布局，引导读者从不同的角度审视案件的布局。它教会我的不仅仅是推理的技巧，更是一种批判性思考的方式。合上书本后，我感觉自己看待日常琐事的目光都变得更加敏锐和审慎了，这是一种远超文学享受范畴的收获，它对我的思维方式产生了持久而积极的影响，价值非凡。

坦白说，初拿到如此厚重的“工具书”式作品时，我有点担心它会显得过于学术化，从而削弱了故事本身的趣味性。然而，这本书成功地找到了一个完美的平衡点。它既保持了侦探小说的紧张刺激和迷人魅力，又巧妙地融入了大量有助于理解人物动机和时代背景的严肃材料。这使得即便是初次接触福尔摩斯系列的新读者，也能毫无障碍地享受阅读的乐趣，而老读者则能从中挖掘出更多以往未曾注意到的深层含义。这种“雅俗共赏”的编辑策略非常高明，它既是对经典文学的致敬，也是对现代读者阅读习惯的精准把握，让阅读体验既有深度又不失轻松，确实难能可贵。

各种恍然，各种凌乱……不得不说，A型血的思考回路和B型血真TMD就是不一样啊Zenzen不一样啊！！！/ 拿了个泥的刚发现这书的前言是勒卡雷写的orz……

很厉害的版本

各种恍然，各种凌乱……不得不说，A型血的思考回路和B型血真TMD就是不一样啊Zenzen不一样啊！！！/ 拿了个泥的刚发现这书的前言是勒卡雷写的orz……

带书匣 350幅插图 注解详尽

很厉害的版本