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    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    Written by Arthur Conan Doyle

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    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close-the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. When "The Final Problem" was first published, the struggle between Holmes and his arch nemesis, seemingly to the death, left many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but it also led to his immortality as a literary figure. The stories that precede it included two narratives from Holmes himself-on a mutiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house-as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft.



    Included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are "Silver Blaze," "The Yellow Face," "The Stock-Broker's Clerk," "The 'Gloria Scott,'" "The Musgrave Ritual," "The Reigate Puzzle," "The Crooked Man," "The Resident Patient," "The Greek Interpreter," "The Naval Treaty," and "The Final Problem."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Audio
    Release dateMar 8, 2010
    ISBN9781400185184
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    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.

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    • 4/5
      These are the stories that started a whole new genre. Well, there were others written before, but Conan Doyle was the best. Unfortunately, I'm not that big of a fan. I found the stories to be overwritten (Doyle was paid by the word), as well as dull at times. There were a few standouts - specifically "The Yellow-Face", which took an unexpected view of mixed race children from Sherlock Holmes.
    • 4/5
      This compilation of eleven short stories includes various peculiar tales and adventures of Holmes and Watson. I love just about every version of Sherlock Holmes I’ve encountered, but there’s a particular delight in reading the original stories. Sometimes I see parts that have inspired other versions and adaptations. (The book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time takes its title from something Holmes says in “The Adventure of the Silver Blaze.”) Other times I see where those adaptations may have been wrong (Why is Moriarty’s first name Jim in the BBC Sherlock series, when “The Final Problem” states Moriarty’s brother’s name is James?) Either way it’s a lot of fun. If you like the character at all, you will want to read some of the original tales, and there’s no better place to start than The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
    • 4/5
      Although not a great fan of short stories, this was a good collection of cases involving Sherlock Holmes. Most of them left you wanting more. Interesting this early in the series of books to finish with Holmes and Moriarty at The Reichenbach Falls - also intriguing how this last scene wasn't told by Arthur Conan Doyle. Will always leave you wondering exactly what happened.
    • 4/5
      This collection isn't quite as good as "The Adventures", but in some ways it shows a continued improvement in Doyle's overall style.Many stories open with a more interesting description of the season, the times, or the relationship of our two central characters. (Watson's discussion of Holmes' neatness and simultaneous messiness in 'The Musgrave Ritual' is marvellous!)

      After my bad experiences with the first two books, I can't believe that I now look forward to every Holmes and Waston story, and yet I do. Every story in this volume is interesting and enjoyable, however more than a few have a tendency to slip back into the fantastic and melodramatic modes that coloured "The Sign of the Four" and "A Study in Scarlet". (most notably 'The Yellow Face').

      Strangely, the only story I didn't really enjoy was 'Silver Blaze' which is, I understand, quite popular. 'The Final Problem', on the other hand, is delightful in its descriptive passages, and the unique situation of seeing Holmes in such danger. A very good read.
    • 4/5
      Another great entry in Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series, this has eleven short stories of consistent worth. My favorite was “ The Case of the Yellow Face,” which tells of a complete failure in Homes’s reasoning from facts work. The conclusion of this one is quite moving, which isn’t a word that applies to most of the Holmes stories.And of course there’s the famous confrontation at Reichenbach Falls between Sherlock and Moriarty. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      More compelling short stories about the famed detective are included in this title. Unfortunately I read it quite some time ago and forgot to review it then, so my memory is slight, other than that I enjoyed the stories contained in here on the whole.
    • 3/5
      This was a series of short stories involving the famous, yet turns out flawed, Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed these stories because they had the trademark Holmes being more clever than the rest of us. However, they also showed a side of Holmes where he was not perfect and did not solve every case. This was a nice quick read.
    • 4/5
      There are nine stories in this collection, ranging from Mr. Holmes earliest days to the last case he worked on before his unfortunate demise. I can't say that any one story stood out particularly as being very interesting, but as more insight to the universe of Sherlock Holmes, they are fun reading.
    • 5/5
      A curious incident and the death of Holmes. Superb!
    • 4/5
      3.5 stars, rounding up out of love. *g*

      Some of the most famous classic Holmes stories are in this volume, as well as some I haven't seen mentioned in decades. Doyle's boredom with the 'verse (or disenchantment with it, given the pressure put on him to produce more and more Holmes serials) is grossly apparent in some of the stories, which just end -- suddenly -- as if Doyle couldn't be bothered to write a proper conclusion. Then there are others that are richly detailed with complex plots and gorgeous characterization. I am ridiculously fond.

      Disability tag is for mental illness this time.
    • 4/5
      I have always enjoyed Sherlock Holmes and when I realized this book filled a hole in my collection, it was a pleasure to acquire it. Holmes shares with Watson tales of his early adventures in The Musgrave Ritual and the "Gloria Scott" as they pursue new ones together. The short stories within this volume make a good introduction to a new Sherlock Holmes' reader as they are each succinct and fascinating. Reading these it is easy to see how Holmes and Watson captured the imagination of readers in the 1890s with their clever plots and comfortable banter.
    • 3/5
      I have read Sherlock Holmes stories sometime very long ago, and seem to remember liking them. I liked this set of stories as well, but did not like them very much. The stories are entertaining in themselves, and as separate entities, they are very enjoyable. But when read one after another, they do seem to become less entertaining, since almost all of them have the same structure: A situation is described - Watson and Holmes discuss it - a time interval - Holmes explains the case to Watson.I guess the thing that disturbed me the most in these was that I kinda remember (or thought) that the reader would have some kind of a chance of deciphering the case themselves - perhaps not the whole case, but at least some of it. Now the stories were laid out in such a fashion, that most of the facts were brought into the story only when Holmes described them to Watson at the end. These descriptions were very imaginative and cunning, and displayed very interesting feats of intellect on behalf of Holmes, but I would have liked the "mystery" to rack also MY brains a bit. From these stories, only "The Naval Treaty" seemed to give clues to the reader.The stories are easy, fast, and enjoyable to read - but best read in small doses.
    • 4/5
      Review: This collection of stories has some of the famous and not so famous. All are written in that famous Doyle style with some being more interesting than others.
    • 4/5
      Having fun catching up on all the Sherlock Holmes stories. This volume is a collection of shorter works that reads like a sort of lost case file for John Watson. Of course, the series ends in this book (or does it?) with the tale involving Moriarty and Reichenbach Falls.

      Oddly, the stories don't even feel dated, although some of that might be due to watching "Sherlock" and being able to imagine the pair in the modern day.
    • 4/5
      The short story is a much better venue for Sherlock Holmes than the novel. The short story telescopes plot and gets beyond the fact that Holmes is hardly a prince of a guy.
    • 4/5
      The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of eleven Sherlock Holmes stories. In this collection, Sherlock's brother Mycroft is introduced as a new character. Mycroft Holmes is described as having even more deductive skill than his brother, yet lacking in ambition and therefore not being interested too much in detective work. Probably the most exciting story for Sherlock Holmes fans is "The Final Problem". Holmes' nemesis Professor James Moriarty chases Holmes from England across Europe to Switzerland as Holmes has managed to collect enough evidence to convict Moriarty and all his helpers. Moriarty is able to evade prosecution in England and sets his mind to kill Sherlock Holmes. At the end of "The Final Problem", which is also the end of this collection of short stories, it is alluded that Holmes takes matters into his own hands at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, where he is confronted by Moriarty. Watson finds a note of goodbye from Holmes but there is no sign of either Holmes or Moriarty. Both are suspected to have died falling down the cliffs at Reichenbach Falls.An examination by experts leaves little doubt that a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other's arms. An attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless ...Nowadays, the probable death of Sherlock Holmes is not a cliffhanger anymore as we have access to the complete works and know that The Return of Sherlock Holmes is going to follow. At the time of publication in 1894, however, the situation was completely different. Arthur Conan Doyle wanted to move on from Sherlock Holmes and had not intended to continue the series of stories centered around the detective. In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes one can already find traces of the author wanting to be done with the Holmes stories. Some of the stories come to a rather sudden end and it seems that the author did not put that much work in the endings anymore. To be fair, this only goes for some of the stories while others are written with the same care as before. Before The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes were published as a collection the stories were published on their own in Strand Magazine. So, for the readers in the 1890s, the final story carries much more weight. It was not to be known for quite a while if there would ever be another Sherlock Holmes story. The readers' cry for more (and probably also financial issues) made Arthur Conan Doyle reconsider his decision and eventually bring the character of Sherlock Holmes back to life.Despite the short endings of some of the stories, I found the stories in this collection as good as the ones in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. What I especially liked was the introduction of Mycroft Holmes as a new character and above all "The Final Problem". Given the minor flaws, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is still a 4 star read and a must-read for every Holmes fan.
    • 5/5
      The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a great book to read. One of the best books to read by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a great detective solving crime, murder mysteries. There are several different interesting murder cases and it is like travelling and solving mysteries and other great adventures with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson. Full of exciting and great mysterious adventures. E.C.
    • 5/5
      This was my first delve into the world of Sherlock Holmes. I have loved mysteries since I was a girl, but it wasn't until the recent SH movie, that I even considered reading what I thought would be a overtly male driven story line. I was incorrect. Although Holmes is obviously male, I had no trouble relating to him or to his incredible deductive reasoning process. I will definitely read more Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when I want a classical, individual, and highly detailed mystery!NOTE -- I thoroughly enjoyed these mysteries which I "read" on audio book. Apparently I started with the wrong book, as this contains the story of the death of Holmes. Very highly recommended anyway!
    • 4/5
      Worth it just for the curious incident of the dog at night time in "Silver Blaze." "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Naval Treaty" are very good too.
    • 4/5
      Another masterpiece from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In these stories we learn more about Sherlock Holmes, from his older brother Mycroft to his nemesis, Professor Moriarity. These stories are guaranteed to stimulate your mind as you try to solve some of Holme's toughest cases.
    • 5/5
      As the proud owner of all of Doyle's fiction and most of his non-fiction works I consider most of the stories in this volume and particularly The Final Problem to be amongst the best.
    • 4/5
      Short stories, most were good, some were boring. Left me hanging at the end though, going to have to find out what happened!
    • 4/5
      Another collection of short stories about Sherlock Holmes. Again, they're all narrated by Watson; there's a good variety of different cases, some more interesting than others; like the other short stories they avoid the errors in structure of the novels...

      The most noteworthy story of this collection is perhaps the last, at least in terms of cultural impact. It heralds the appearance (and also the death) of Moriarty. It's funny, given how often people refer to Moriarty, how little build-up he got. It would have made a stronger story if there'd been some foreshadowing, in the other novels or short stories, of Moriarty's existence. It would have been a more impactful story if Watson had got there in time to see something of it, too. Watson's feelings about it cause a little wrench, but it'd be quite an undramatic end for Sherlock -- well, it'd be quite a dramatic end if the reader "saw" it, but we don't.
    • 4/5
      Just as entertaining as the Adventures. The Final Problem was one I'd heard so much about that it seemed like I must have read it, but it was nice to actually do so. The stories don't stick in my head much - they're fairly slight - but fun and worth the read.
    • 4/5
      Silver Blaze a horse called Silver Blaze has gone missing The Yellow Face a man is concerned that his wife is hiding a secret from him. the Stock-Broker's Clerk a clerk is worried about what is going on at his new job. The "Gloria Scott" Holmes recalls a case that started his interest in detecting the Musgrave Ritual Holmes discovers the secret behind a family ritual The Reigate Puzzle Holmes solves a case of burglery and murder while convalescing. The Crooked Man the colonel dies while alone in a locked room with his wife The Resident Patient a Dr. asks Sherlock for help with a mysterious patient The Greek Interpreter We meet Sherlock's brother Mycroft who brings them the case of a greek interpreter is taken to interpret for a kidnap victim The Naval Treaty Dr. Watson's old classmate asks for his help The Final Problem the "death" of Sherlock Holmes.
    • 5/5
      Whether this or The Adventures is the better collection is a matter of personal choice. As a whole I think I preferred Adventures but The Yellow Face stands out as my favourite story so far. It made me cry a bit at the end. You also have the entry of Moriarty for the 1st time. I expected that to take place later in the series. Great fun.
    • 2/5
      First time reading any Holmes book, and very accessible. Will read some more
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      4.5 stars. Another strong collection of short stories. Some of these tales have a lot going on, with intrigue and mystery and confusion running through them. Others are more straightforward, even simple. One of the charms in this collection, for me, was this difference from one story to the next. Some tales felt like complete adventures, while other were more like snapshots. This was a nice mix. I found “Silver Blaze” and “The Musgrave Ritual” to be quite memorable, and Sherlock’s heartfelt speech about the hope and beauty that one finds in flowers remains one of my favorite moments in the whole saga. Finally, I won’t spoil anything here, but the adventures that Watson and Holmes share in “The Final Problem” are among the most compelling of anything in the series. Amazing.
    • 4/5
      This was a good, solid little collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Watson narrates each tail, trying to personify the ingenious detective by filling it with character details and analyzing his friend, mentor, and partner in solving crimes. This was a more organized, roundabout collection than the others that I have read and I quite enjoyed reading it. An essential read for those interested in Sherlock Holmes or detective stories- or classics enthusiasts.3.5 stars.