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A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia: from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | A. Conan Doyle
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London, 1888. The study at 221b Baker Street, NW1 A weak man in thrall to a dangerous woman. Sherlock Holmes hatches a plan to save the reputation of one of the crowned heads of Europe. But is he on the right side? The weak man is revealed to be a foolish King and as for the dangerous woman... Well, she turns out to be not just a woman but... the woman. The question is, will Holmes ever be the same again?
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Read4life
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Rereading Holmes again has been great fun. Thank you @Cuilin & @dabbe for organizing #NoPlaceLikeHolmes 🤓💙 I love these and have convinced my husband to read along with us!

#BookSpinBingo #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #readyourTBR #readyourebooks #20in4 #FabulousFebruary

@Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @CBee @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🥳Great 2mo
dabbe #yahoo! 🤩💚🤩 2mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 2mo
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Cuilin I absolutely love that. My husband loved “Hound of the Baskervilles”, so maybe I should get him to join too 🤔 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
Andrew65 Always good to re-read. Well done 🎉🎉🎉 2mo
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AnneCecilie
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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.

(And like that we are introduced to Irene Adler. I wonder if she will have as dominant a role in the short stories as she does in some of the adaptations have I seen)

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
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dabbe She gives us just one more purpose to keep reading! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Cuilin @dabbe yes!! 2mo
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Librarybelle I personally liked this first story over our first two reads. I‘m not usually one for short stories, but Conan Doyle captures all of the necessary plot points, while also adding a bit of adventure. I read through this very quickly! 2mo
Cuilin @Librarybelle yes this was a quick read. I can see how this was the beginning of Sherlock‘s popularity with Victorians. 2mo
Librarybelle @Cuilin Definitely! 2mo
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IndoorDame I loved this too! I definitely preferred the even pacing of this compared to the novels. 2mo
Cuilin @IndoorDame yes, nothing was superfluous. The pace was perfect. 2mo
CogsOfEncouragement This book was the first Holmes I read about twelve years ago. It made me an immediate fan of Watson and Holmes. Even though I remembered a lot about this particular short story, I still enjoyed it immensely. The short stories reminded me of Encyclopedia Brown which I adored as a kid. 2mo
SpellboundReader Overall, this was much more enjoyable to read than The Sign of Four. The short story cut out all the superfluous stuff and focused on the mystery at hand. 2mo
dabbe The explanation at the end of this story was obviously much crisper and to the point than in the first two novels. Dare I say that it took a WOMAN to concisely explain her actions rather than the verbosity of Small in FOUR and WATSON's forever lengthy Part 2 in SCARLET? I believe Doyle learned from his 1st two novels and “cut to the chase“ to allow for a one-sitting read. The public responded well to his changes, and so have we. 2mo
dabbe Two inconsistencies I noticed: 1. Holmes would not tell Watson everything he was thinking of in the 1st two novellas, yet in this one he states, “I have to let you see the difficulties if you are to understand the situation.“ Why the change, Sherlock? 2. The landlady of 221-B is not mentioned by name in SCARLET, is noted as Mrs. Hudson in FOUR, and just one story later is deemed to be Mrs. Turner. Me: 😳 Couldn't the editor have notice this? 2mo
Cuilin @dabbe crisper is a perfect description!! Give me a laconic woman than a verbose man any day!!! Mansplaining must of been rough for Victorian women. 🙉 2mo
Cuilin @dabbe yeah like who‘s Mrs. Turner? 2mo
dabbe @Cuilin 😂😂😂 2mo
Read4life These short stories made me fall in love with Holmes as a kid. 💙 2mo
kelli7990 I liked that this was a fast read but I don‘t understand what happened in this. Was there a murder mystery in this? I don‘t know but this story says that Watson is married to a woman but I didn‘t know that he was married. I don‘t see how he would have time to be married when he and Holmes are hanging out all the time solving mysteries. 2mo
Cuilin @kelli7990 good point, he gallivants around London solving crimes and doesn‘t exactly check in with his wife. 2mo
mom2bugnbee @kelli7990 We learned of his marriage in our last read, The Sign of the Four. And there was no murder in this one - just the attempt to recover the photograph & Holmes being outwitted by - gasp! - a woman. ☺ 2mo
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Almost too short a Sherlock Holmes story! Here, the master detective tracks down a photo used to possibly blackmail the Bohemian King. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #bookspinbingo #serialreader 16pts

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Linsy
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I haven‘t gotten much read yet today, but I‘m hoping to finish my last eight hours! So far, only one. I loved this Sherlock short. Irene Adler is my new favorite!! 🧐

#24b4monday #teamtheme #teamslaughter

Andrew65 This is a great story, and a great adversary for Sherlock. 4y
Linsy @Andrew65 For sure! I might go hunting for a list of the stories with her... 4y
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thewallflower0707
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“Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...)“
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

I‘m back at home and I bought a lot of stuff 😅. Also I‘m dog-tired and will hopefully manage a long night of sleep.

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Savedbygrace
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"And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a women's wit."
- Dr. Watson

lover.of.the.classics Hey, I am glad you liked it! That one was good! 5y
Savedbygrace @lover.of.the.classics I've been wanting to read Sherlock Holmes for the longest time, so last night I read my first one and really enjoyed it! 🙌 5y
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Andrew65
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The first Sherlock Holmes Short Story.
#LaVieBoheme #MusicalNewYear

CarolynM 👏👏👏 5y
vivastory Very creative! 5y
Cinfhen Excellent👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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curious_niffler
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AMAZING! We may have a small problem...I‘m obsessed with Sherlock Holmes. #Sherlock #highfunctioningsociopath

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Ke633
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#Sherlocked #popup #illustrated #acd #This pop up is from a scandal in Bohemia which I love!! #sherlockholmes #series

JazzFeathers That's so awesome! Just finished Crooked Man. I enjoyedit. Now l want to read Scandal 😀 7y
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melrailey
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Getting through these Sherlock stories. I loved this one! #sherlocked #serialreader

jmtrivera That's a great one! 7y
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A short Sherlock Holmes mystery in three chapters. Murder nor serious villainy is involved. Just Holmes deductive reasoning and the wit of a young woman who earns Holmes respect.

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RabidReader
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This is super addicting! If you haven't checked out Serial yet... You should! The game is afoot...

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Cinfhen
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Thank you #serialreader for introducing me to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the incredible Sherlock Holmes , a slightly more sophisticated Encyclopedia Brown 😊🤓😀I finished The Adventure of the Redheaded League(👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻) and have just started A Scandal in Bohemia.....who doesn't love a scandal????

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