sherlockholmes

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlockians~
We're getting closer and closer to the end of the canon! All 4 novels read, and this is story 42/56!
Next up: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.“ Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 4/5, and will be led by @dabbe.
Have a lovely week.
Link to summary/analysis (spoiler alert):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kmgu_t6jJMdILHLLSaGsumT8hELSxOuQ/view

dabbe TY! 🤩🤩🤩 2d

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dabbe

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents
#LadyFrancesCarfax

Sherlockians~
We're getting closer and closer to the end of the canon! All 4 novels read, and this is story 42/56! Next up: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.“ Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 4/5, and will be led by @dabbe.
Have a lovely week. 💙
Link to summary/analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kmgu_t6jJMdILHLLSaGsumT8hELSxOuQ/view?usp=shari...

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle We‘ve talked about Holmes‘ growth as a human throughout the canon. I think this shows that under all of the frustrations and somewhat harsh criticisms of Watson, Holmes really cares for him and recognizes him as a friend. 4d

CogsOfEncouragement Oof. I understood at this point SH was faking illness and my heart still hurt for W hearing SH say: only a general practitioner w/very limited experience and mediocre qualifications. W was humble enough to move forward in getting help rather than concern himself with ego. It was a balm to read SH tell W he could only fool him at four yards, etc. and that W is only a bad liar, not a bad doctor. 4d

dabbe I guess what Holmes did to Watson in “The Final Problem“ (letting Watson think he was dead for three years) was much worse than what he did to him (and Mrs. Hudson) here. He took a big chance with both of them in the hopes that Smith would confess to the crime of killing his nephew. But that's the magic of these stories. By now we know SH's relationships with both Watson and Mrs. H are solid, and they actually help him nab the villain. 4d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle You have to suspect that Holmes is up to something, though as a reader, we‘re not quite sure what it is. I would say he fools Watson, but sometimes Watson isn‘t the keenest observer. As for Mrs. Hudson and Holmes‘ views on women, Watson lays them out at the start. Mrs. Hudson acts like a mother to Holmes; she‘s a nurturer. 4d

CogsOfEncouragement Two times SH shows too much energy for a dying man, and if Watson wasn‘t so very worried for his friend he would have seen through the nonsense. I can‘t fault Watson for caring too much. Plus, I enjoy when Doyle gives us clues in this way. Very entertaining. 4d

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CogsOfEncouragement Hudson and SH have a relationship established by him getting her out of a bad marriage, yeah? I‘ve always felt they have a history that allows SH much leeway in the annoyances Mrs. Hudson puts up with because it is SH. I don‘t think she would put up with such things from someone else. We have those relationships in real life I think. We give certain loved ones a pass here or there in their habits because we know they absolutely have our back. 4d

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I love this interpretation of Mrs. Hudson. I agree. I think she understands Sherlock and therefore makes accommodations. 4d

Cuilin @Librarybelle As the reader I wanted to tell Watson “you know he‘s faking it right?” But I‘m aware that would not have been helpful to the plot. 4d

Librarybelle @Cuilin 😂 4d

dabbe My views on Mrs. Hudson might be warped due to the Cumberbatch SHERLOCK episodes. In those, she is one sassy lassie who adores Sherlock but doesn't take his BS without shelving out some of her own. I now see her in this way in the original canon, too, and I love their symbiotic relationship. 4d

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Librarybelle I liked this one, and maybe I was in the mood for a story that features Holmes using deception to catch the culprit. Once again, we the reader do not know much of the backstory until near the end of the tale, so we‘re kind of left feeling a bit surprised—why does Holmes want to entrap the culprit. But, we‘re also finding out the clues as Watson does, so since he tells the story, I suppose that makes sense! 4d

CogsOfEncouragement Another one where Doyle especially allows us to feel smarter than Watson. “In an instant, with a tigerspring, the dying man had intercepted me.” This sentence told me SH was faking an illness for some reason, and the trap for Culverton Smith soon became apparent. Nice touch to have Smith and Inspector Morton trying to hide smiles from Watson for very different reasons. An entertaining telling. 4d

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Cuilin @Librarybelle I liked this one too, brevity being the soul of wit. 4d

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement Very entertaining. 4d

dabbe Now that we've read over 40 (gasp!) of these and Doyle was riding the SH gravy train by now, it'd be so easy to be totally formulaic--which many detective stories can be. Here, he totally breaks the mold. No start in front of the fire at 221-B; we have Mrs. Hudson thinking Sherlock's dying! Wonder if people back then were feeling “The Final Problem“ vibes when they first read this one! Well done, Doyle. 4d

Read4life I enjoyed this one & liked how it opened with Mrs. Hudson. Well done, ACD! 4d

Cuilin @Read4life yes this one was good. 4d

Cuilin @dabbe I wondered that too, I bet it worried his loyal readers. 4d

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 4d

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Arthur Conan Doyle

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
Good discussion yesterday, Sherlockians. Next up:
“(TAo) The Dying Detective.“ Discussion will be on 3/29 and will be led by @Cuilin.
Summary/analysis link (spoiler alert):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDe28JDm2-cpV2zqoU3ofknukb9BfrN6/view?usp=shari...

dabbe TY! 🤩🤩🤩 6d

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MaGoose

The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes | Leonard Goldberg

1. Walking. I complete two 45-minute walks every day.

2. Not sure if I can come up with a book since I read mostly mysteries, which are not peace inducing 😆

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shortsarahrose Perhaps the “peace” from reading mysteries is the escape from real life for a bit (edited) 7d

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 👍📖 7d

MaGoose @shortsarahrose That's true. I'm into cozy mysteries for the most part. So, not much blood and gore, for the most part. Although, occasionally, I read police procedurals and thrillers. 7d

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Good discussion yesterday, Sherlockians. Next up: “(TAo) The Dying Detective.“ Discussion will be on 3/29 and will be led by @Cuilin.

Summary/analysis link (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDe28JDm2-cpV2zqoU3ofknukb9BfrN6/view?usp=shari...

Have a good week. 😊

Librarybelle Thank you! 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😊 1w

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Bookwomble Oh, I listened to Hugh Bonneville narrating this one earlier in the week. I like this story 😊 2w

Bookwomble I think Holmes had Cadogan-West down for it initially, to his evident disappointment as he expressed increasing regret that the evidence was stacking against him. Once he had ruled him out, I think Johnson, the senior clerk, was next on his list. His failure to consider that a member of the aristocratic family of Sir James Walter was the culprit is an example, I think, of Holmes's class prejudice. 2w

Bookwomble As for the lax security, Imperial arrogance and an assumption of security and inviolability? Who, actually, would have the effrontery to trespass into the sacred groves of Empire? I guess today we might call it privilege 2w

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Librarybelle Completely agree on both counts, @Bookwomble . It‘s also good to see that Holmes is actually human and does think incorrectly from time to time. 2w

dabbe @Bookwomble True, Johnson would be the logical choice. Still, there is nothing in particular to make one suspect Johnson. He's only in one scene, and says and does nothing to make anyone suspicious of him. Perhaps Doyle should have made him more suspicious to the reader--at least this one! 🤩 2w

dabbe @Bookwomble 🎯! 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle @Bookwomble And that he does have the humility to admit it, even calling himself an “ass!“ 🤣 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle @Bookwomble I also am left wondering this: why did Oberstein leave copies of the agony ads lying about? He seemed to have destroyed all of the other evidence. Did he forget about them? Was he planning to use them and come back to blackmail Valentine later? It seems unbelievably sloppy (and lucky for Holmes). 2w

Bookwomble I guess Oberstein is no Moriarty! 1w

eeclayton Well they did have 3 keys, then again, there's a mention of Sir James having kept the 3 keys on the same ring, if I'm not mistaken 🤦
I was wondering about his death, too, I don't think it's ever explained. Suicide? Accident? Knowing who the culprit was in the main case, could he have a hand in it?
1w

dabbe @Bookwomble #fersure 🎯 1w

dabbe @eeclayton Ooh, excellent observation! What if James told his brother he was onto him; then, the Colonel could have killed him to quiet him. And, how do we truly know Sir James is dead? We don't see a body, and the only person who tells us he's dead is the bad guy! 1w

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