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7 Jul-27 Nov 24 (audiobook)
Finally finished this first story after Trix hijacked my account to listen to the whole series (which I wanted to encourage!) A good introduction to the characters and to Holmes‘ methodology but not the most riveting case. I did read them as a teen but looking forward to listening to Fry‘s narration of the entire series. Having piqued Trixie‘s interest, we have all been watching Sherlock, which is fantastic.

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Three Students: No. 37 | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #TheThreeStudents
Hi Sherlockians, as always, great discussion on Saturday. Our next SH read (TAo) The Three Students is Linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be in TWO WEEKS 12/7 & will be led by @dabbe

Link: http://shorturl.at/wj998

dabbe Thanks! 💛🤎🧡 1w

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Three Students: No. 37 | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#TheThreeStudents
@LitsyEvents

Hi, Sherlockians~
As always, great discussion on Saturday--though I was a couple days late reading and posting! Our next SH read, “(TAo) The Three Students“, is linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be in TWO WEEKS, 12/7, and will be led by @dabbe. Wishing you and your families the happiest of Thanksgivings. 💛🤎🧡

Link: https://shorturl.at/wj998

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Librarybelle Thanks! 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😘 1w

Read4life Thank you & Happy Thanksgiving to you, Matt & those 2 beauties 💙🐾💙🐾💙 1w

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Cuilin 👍 1w

dabbe @Read4life Happiest of Thanksgivings to you and your family, too! 🧡🤎💛 1w

dabbe @Cuilin 🧡🤎💛 1w

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dabbe

The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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@Read4Life

November has not been a good month for me in many ways, including my reading. I only read Nancy Drew in week 2, and it was barely tolerable. In week 3, only a short story from Sherlock Holmes. Hoping for a better month in December.

Read4life I hope December is better for you in all ways!! 💙💙💙 1w

dabbe @Read4life Thanks, m'dear! 🧡🤎💛 1w

bthegood I hope December is better for you too - 💕 1w

dabbe @bthegood Thanks! Happiest of Thanksgivings to you and your family. 🧡🤎💛 1w

bthegood @dabbe you too🧡 6d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle I was a little surprised by the Mafia mention, honestly. I‘m sure there are connections in England with the Mafia, but I hadn‘t really thought about it. As for Napoleon and the statues…though this is written decades after, it‘s still a huge piece of British history, a source of pride. It made sense to me for Napoleon to be the statue—destruction of a hated enemy. He‘s still not really well liked in parts of the world. 1w

Cuilin The mafia mentioned caught me off guard too. Like what? I thought that was Italian American history. 1w

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Read4life I remember thinking early on the first time I read this that there was something in the bust. The mafia connection felt like it came out of nowhere when I read it. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I suspected right away, it reminded me of The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.

I was surprised so many people would want a N bust. I don't have any warm feelings for him.

The mafia mention didn't surprise me, Doyle taking the time to define what it was caught my attention.

So many good feelings from L in these stories yet the tv adaptations tend to lean into a ton of animosity from L to SH which I find interesting. 1w

eeclayton The friendliness between Lestrade and Holmes was a pleasant surprise for me too, in this one and other stories as well, seeing how their relationship is shown in adaptations. @CogsOfEncouragement 1w

Cuilin @eeclayton yes!!! The movie adaptations especially have them pit against each other. 1w

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I just watched the Granada YV adaptation with Jeremy Brett, and they seem friendly in that one. And then the BBC has them be on friendlier terms but the Robert Downey Jr. movie it‘s like they‘re enemies. 1w

dabbe Part of the fun of reading the canon for me is seeing certain relationships develop, like the one between Lestrade and Holmes. I believe he features in more of the stories than any other police detective. His relationship with Holmes in the BBC series was an affable one and done very well IMHO.

I also think Doyle did write about the time period beyond just England. He's had the Mormons, the KKK, and now the Italian mafia in his stories. 1w

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

Cuilin @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 1w

Librarybelle I think it is a reflection of attitudes, and really attitudes today of otherness. 1w

Cuilin @Librarybelle I was thinking the same thing that nothing much has changed, unfortunately. 1w

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Read4life I agree that it really hasn‘t changed much. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I was thinking about this as I read, especially his description of being so ugly. Seemed like all Italians basically knew each other, though it would make since they might gravitate to the same neighborhoods where they could speak their heart language, as people still tend to do. I lack knowledge of the history of Italians in England. 1w

Cuilin @Read4life 😔 1w

CatLass007 I know that filmmakers and authors today are still accused of perpetuating stereotypes. All Italians are members of the Mafia, everyone in Boston supports the IRA, indigenous people are primitive or drunks or whatever the latest stereotype is. So, no, humans haven‘t changed much at all. 1w

CatLass007 But there‘s more. Didn‘t the bust-smashing Italian Mafia guy have a nickname? It seems like everyone connected with the Italian Mafia in the movies and on television has a nickname. I enjoy reading a good mystery or thriller, but I don‘t remember reading anything with Italian Mafia guys, much less ones who have nicknames. 1w

dabbe It seems that anyone who is “foreign“ born without white skin receives some sort of prejudice in these stories. I'm reminded of Tonga, the Indian islander who has the poison darts in THE SIGN OF FOUR. He was also described as small, ugly, dark-skinned, and able to get in tiny places. These bias portrayals even reminded me of the razor-wielding orangatang in EA Poe's “Murders in the Rue Morgue.“ 1w

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

Cuilin @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 1w

Librarybelle This was another fast read. I‘m not familiar with the perception of Napoleon from Italians, since he is from Corsica, and I vaguely recall animosity between the two countries (I‘m not up on my European feuds unless they involve the Tudors). 1w

Cuilin @Librarybelle yeah I thought this was a fast and good read also. It‘s interesting regarding Napoleon, as an Irish person it was a case of “an enemy of your enemy is your friend” so I think Napoleon was probably more popular in Ireland than in many parts of the world. lol (edited) 1w

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Read4life I enjoyed this one. I vaguely remembered it from reading it years ago. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I enjoyed it. The newspaper man so upset, concerned that he wouldn't get a chance to write about the interesting story because it happened to him, and he feared he was too shaken to write was a fun aspect. Then using the paper to place the culprit at ease to continue his search for the pearl was also entertaining. 1w

CatLass007 I rarely am able to follow the clues Conan Doyle supplies. This time was different. I suspected that something was hidden in one of the busts and that the nationality of the person smashing them was a red herring. Of course, I didn‘t know what was hidden because the pearl was also a work of fiction by Conan Doyle. It‘s a nice change being able to keep up with Sherlock. 1w

Cuilin @CatLass007 for some reason I thought there was going to be a map with clues inside the bust. 1w

CatLass007 @Cuilin Ha! I think there‘s a reason they are called short stories. 1w

dabbe A little late to the party this time around. After rereading this one, I remembered how I felt cheated a bit since none of us had any clue about a stolen pearl until Holmes was in the process of explaining how he solved it. Therefore, we basically had zero chance to solve the crime as far as knowing what was in the Napoleon busts. 1w

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Brooke_H

Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure | Bonnie Macbird

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I was really pleased with this traditional Sherlockian pastiche, even if the ending did not quite satisfy.

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons | Arthur Conan Doyle

Repost for @dabbe

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #TheSixNapoleons

The sherlockians next read, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, is linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be this Saturday 11/23, lead by @Cuilin

Link: https://shorturl.at/Ni9Gt