The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes<\/i> by Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle<\/p>\n
Of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, I had only read The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/i> by requirement in high school. I remember slogging through it with great effort, and thus had in ingrained aversion to trying any of the other tales. I believed Dirk Gently to be a more entertaining, and thus superior, Holmes incarnation for the new generation.<\/p>\n
After reading this collection of short stories (published in 1891-1892) , I am surprised at how similar in characterisation Wodehouse’s Psmith (1909) and Adams’ Gently (1987) are to Holmes. Or, for that matter, David Tennant’s Doctor Who<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed this enough that I plan to download the other Holmes collections and give them a go.<\/p>\n
Maybe, just maybe, I’ll give Baskervilles<\/i> a second chance.<\/p>\n
If it behaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle Of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, I had only read The Hound of the Baskervilles by requirement in high school. I remember slogging through it with great effort, and thus had … Continue reading