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The Adventure of the Three Gables - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Fabulous discussion and insight today, Sherlockians! We're getting closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Three Gables.“ Discussion will be next Saturday, 5/31, and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Memorial Day tomorrow. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IlpHKODs2DFBIrlY0KYMdlppsuFfmChC/view

dabbe TY! 😍 2d

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dabbe

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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@Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Hi, Shelockians~
Sorry for the confusion as to the order of these stories in this last edition. Though originally published separately, we are reading the stories in the order they were first published in the volume titled THE CASE-BOOK OF SH. Above is a pic showing the order of the final last 9 stories. Hopefully, this will keep us all reading the right story at the right time. We're almost there! 😍

Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

CatLass007 They‘re really messed up on the audiobook that I have anyway. It will have the title of one story but it will be a completely different story. But I figured it out and I will figure this out. Thank you! 3d

tpixie Amazing feat! 🔍 🕵️‍♂️ 🔍 3d

dabbe @CatLass007 YW! 💚🩵💚 2d

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dabbe @tpixie We've been going since January 2024! 💚🩵💚 2d

tpixie @dabbe great perseverance 💚 2d

kelli7990 The Stephen Fry audiobook doesn‘t have the correct titles for the stories in the last collection of stories. It says one title of the story and then when it starts playing, it says a different title. 2d

dabbe @kelli7990 I don't know what to do about that. If you can send me the list of the titles from the Audible, I might be able to figure out which one is which. 2d

Librarybelle I was thrilled that these are now on Project Gutenberg! 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle Yay! 🤩 2d

kelli7990 @dabbe I‘ve already figured it out. I‘ve been playing the beginning of the stories until I get to the one I‘m looking for. That helps but it‘s still annoying that I have to do that in order to find the story I‘m looking for. 2d

dabbe @kelli7990 Sorry about the troubles. 💚 2d

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Three Gables - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Fabulous discussion and insight today, Sherlockians! We're getting closer to the end! Next up: “(TAo) The Three Gables.“ Discussion will be next Saturday, 5/31, and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Memorial Day tomorrow. 🤗

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IlpHKODs2DFBIrlY0KYMdlppsuFfmChC/view?usp=shari...

Librarybelle I cannot believe we‘re approaching the end of the journey! 3d

dabbe @Librarybelle IKR? #ninetogo 😅 2d

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Read4life

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#WeeklyForecast

Includes:
#Readyourebooks #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #SeriesLove2025

Cuilin, Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe, PuddleJumper, julieclair

TheSpineView Lookin' good! 🤩📖📚 3d

dabbe 😍 3d

Andrew65 A good week ahead, I always enjoy reading Sherlock Holmes. 2d

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Read4life

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#WeeklyUpdate

Finished books for:
#BookSpin #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #readyourebooks #ThematicCozies #Roll100

Cuilin, TheBookHippie, CBee, dabbe, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking great!! 3d

dabbe #woohooyou! 🙌🏻 3d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

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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 @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 4d

Librarybelle I think I would wonder what exactly all of the excitement about Holmes was if I had not read anything prior… 4d

eeclayton @Librarybelle I agree that it's not the best starting point for a new reader. 4d

dabbe This story is usually close to last or dead last as far as favorite SH stories for readers. To start with this one would have been horrific, especially since the POV was so different; all of the personal touches are absent from this one without our Watson, and he basically acts like a dummy in this one with hardly a role to play at all.

Also, where the hell did Billy the page boy come from? That was another #thingsthatmakeyougohmm 4d

CogsOfEncouragement Oh, good question. This story does feel like it is meant for someone who has been reading about SH and W for some time. I didn't consider that too much until just now. 4d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
Thoughts?

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

Librarybelle The voice, of course, is different, but Holmes has still laid out a complicated trap for the culprits. Not too much of a mystery, but more of a descriptive way that the culprits are brought to justice. 4d

Cuilin @Librarybelle this story is very much like “The Empty House”. However, because this particular story was written for the Theatre, IMO it feels familiar because we are used to seeing Sherlock as a visual character due to all the movie and TV adaptations. (edited) 4d

dabbe I have a hard time buying that Holmes was able to move the dummy and sit in its place while the Count and Marton were talking because the dummy was in FULL VIEW the entire time! They would have to have had their backs turned away from the dummy the whole time, and Holmes would have had to have been extremely quiet. Also, IMHO, “The Empty House“ was much better. Why do a repeat from a play that also was a repeat? Was Doyle running out of ideas? 4d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (Annotated) | Arthur Conan Doyle

Librarybelle I was thrown by the third person narrative at first. The plot also reminded me a little of another story we read some time ago, where Holmes pretends to be ill but is faking his illness to catch the culprit. Lots of dialogue too, given the third person narrative, but it made the story read rather quickly. Admittedly, I was surprised by Holmes‘s sudden appearance at the end. 4d

eeclayton This is kind of off topic, but when we started this book, the Mazarin Stone was the first story I read, and I kept looking for the illustrious client in the story. I hadn't realized at first that the order of the stories is completely different in my edition 😂 4d

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Cuilin @eeclayton this happened to me with “The Cardboard Box”, luckily it was Denise‘s week to post questions. Lol 4d

Cuilin @Librarybelle it was quite a quick read. It is one of the shortest in the canon. 4d

kelli7990 This was an interesting story. It was so short. I didn‘t realize it was over until the next story in the audiobook started playing. When I realized the next story started playing, I went back and started this one over again but I skipped to the end so I can find out how it ended. 4d

dabbe For me, the 3rd-person narration didn't work so well. Who is this person, and how does s/he know so much of the dialogue? Having never had a 3rd-person omniscient POV before, I had to further suspend my disbelief. Also, not knowing that a door led into the curtained area, or that it was a gramophone playing and not Holmes (1st time that was mentioned) did not allow us equal access to the clues to solve the crime. Alas, we were mere readers. (edited) 4d

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kelli7990

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories - Unabridged - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the Return of Sherlock Ho | Arthur Conan Doyle

I just finished this week‘s short story for #noplacelikeholmes. I‘m ready for Saturday‘s discussion.

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AnneCecilie

Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart

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I read Hvit Makt (White Power) and The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone #NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued this month‘s buddy reads; Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Lamentation #ShardlakeBR

I continued Please Di Not Touch This Exhibit

I‘ve started Tata

Tamra I NEED Tata to be translated! 4d

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