The adventures of sherlock holmes
by a. conan doyle · first published 1803
86% recommend14% neutral
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Short, self-contained mystery stories featuring Holmes's sharp deductions and wit. Light, easy reading, well suited to those who rarely read books or want an entry point into narrative fiction.
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1. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle. This may sound like an odd one, but years ago, I almost never took the time to read. My girlfriend, who knew that I loved Sherlock Holmes books when I was younger, convinced me…
on “Ask HN: What three books impacted your career the most?” ↗Oh, it has to be Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky). Blew me away. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2554 For lighter reading, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661
on “Ask HN: classic literature recommendations?” ↗89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
…LibriVox[0] They have thousands of works read by volunteers (some are very good, some average) and they publish RSS feeds for collections so you can consume them with your podcast app. For example, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[1], a dramatic reading. [0] https://librivox.org [1] https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-versi...
on “Making podcasts from Project Gutenberg e-books (2021)” ↗…into books. No, not computer related books. Narrative. Sherlock Holmes' books are now under Public Domain. Get all of them, and try reading them in chronologcal in order. A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Sign of Four The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow The Hound of the Baskervilles If…
on “YouTube Addiction” ↗…little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools. -- From "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Every kid should be given a copy of the complete Sherlock Holmes canon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Sherlock_Holmes) This will turn them towards learning and practicing "The Art of Deduction…
on “The Rise and Fall of the British Detective Novel (2010)” ↗As a consumer of many public domain books on the Kindle, I find Amazon's policy good, except when they let the publishers of the paid versions game them. For example, the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-ebook/dp/B0...) is a public domain book, but their free public domain version has been "under review" for months, while paid versions continue to be…
on “Arch Linux Handbook for Kindle rejected by Amazon” ↗