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The Speckled Band

by Arthur Conan
Deaver Brown
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The Speckled Band is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Scottish author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story first appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1892 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Doyle agreed with Sherlock Holmes' fans that The Speckled Band was his best Holmes story. The story moves along at a rapid pace with Sherlock Holmes making his many witty and spot on points based on evidence before Watson as well as himself but only that Holmes could deduce. Rationalists love this story because Holmes admits he was on the wrong track about the situation but allowed new facts to guide him in a new direction. Doyle was a doctor himself and much like Dr. Watson in many ways. Holmes was modeled after an associate of Doyle's whom he had great admiration for. Doyle has fun with the closed room mystery that isn't so closed! This is the Holmes story to start with. As with all Simply short stories, you should enjoy the ideas put forth in the introduction and afterword. Things to think about or write about if a student. A brief biography appears in every Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. An American voice for easier listening.

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Publisher: Simply Magazine Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781614961208
  • File size: 36797 KB
  • Release date: March 20, 2014
  • Duration: 01:16:39

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  • ISBN: 9781614961208
  • File size: 36801 KB
  • Release date: March 20, 2014
  • Duration: 01:16:39
  • Number of parts: 1

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The Speckled Band is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Scottish author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story first appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1892 with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Doyle agreed with Sherlock Holmes' fans that The Speckled Band was his best Holmes story. The story moves along at a rapid pace with Sherlock Holmes making his many witty and spot on points based on evidence before Watson as well as himself but only that Holmes could deduce. Rationalists love this story because Holmes admits he was on the wrong track about the situation but allowed new facts to guide him in a new direction. Doyle was a doctor himself and much like Dr. Watson in many ways. Holmes was modeled after an associate of Doyle's whom he had great admiration for. Doyle has fun with the closed room mystery that isn't so closed! This is the Holmes story to start with. As with all Simply short stories, you should enjoy the ideas put forth in the introduction and afterword. Things to think about or write about if a student. A brief biography appears in every Arthur Conan Doyle audiobook. An American voice for easier listening.

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Fiction Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Simply Magazine
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781614961208
    File size: 36797 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2014
    Duration: 01:16:39

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781614961208
    File size: 36801 KB
    Release date: March 20, 2014
    Duration: 01:16:39
    Number of parts: 1

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    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English