A Scandal in Bohemia
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Tags: Classics, Mystery, Short Stories
ISBN-13:9780192835086
About the Author
A doctor by profession, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) began writing short stories as a young medical student. After setting up his first practice, he took up writing again when business was slow. It was his second foray into literature, in 1887, that brought about the debut of Doyle's beloved character Sherlock Holmes. More successful as an author than a physician, Doyle went on to write many short stories and novels featuring Sherlock Holmes. Among some of Doyle's most famous works are A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, and The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his ...
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4/5
Reviewed by changolote on Jan 17, 2010
hmm
Didn't know that Holmes could be outdone by a woman. Nice story with a twist ending for us Sherlock Holmes newbies. Compares well with the recent movie (released Jan 2010).
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Ratings for 'A Scandal in Bohemia' by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
| 325tbotkins |  | 2012-08-18 | |
| Alarine | | 2009-04-08 | |
| Cartwright80 |  | 2009-01-22 | |
| changolote | | Read review | 2010-01-17 |
| loveasthouwilt | | 2011-12-23 | |
| nalinib | | 2010-06-17 | |
| turtle7761 | | 2011-10-30 | |
| zanzaboonda | | 2010-08-20 |
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