NAME: SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE DATE: NOVEMBER OF 1891 EDITORIAL: THE STRAND MAGAZINE COLLECTION: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
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One morning in April 1883, Holmes and Watson are visited by Helen Stoner, a young frightened that tells a tragedy. His sister has died under mysterious circumstances and although prudence prevents you openly accuse her stepfather, Dr. Roylott, suggests that this is what he believes, adding that he fears for his life seriously. After the unexpected visit of violent Grimesby Roylott, Holmes and Watson are moved to Stoke Moran, Helen's residence, where they discover and spoil the plan of his evil stepfather, ready to kill the girl like her sister did. But sin is the punishment, thanks to the appearance of a snake is rejected by Holmes and just attacking and killing stepfather. It has poured huge amounts of ink on this snake, because in the circles of followers of Holmes years would be discussed later if unconsciously Conan Doyle speculated about the sexuality of Holmes or his own. It is more useful to think they just seemed interesting to use the dangerous reptile as an element of the action.
The future King of Bohemia is about to marry a princess, and needs the help of Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a picture of him with a former girlfriend he had, Irene Adler. The photo is in the hands of women, and he feared that Miss Adler can use that photo to blackmail or sabotage your future wedding, because it is a very intelligent woman and somewhat vindictive. Then Holmes began his research, and realizes that photography is hidden in the house of the woman. When will the next to find the photo day, there is nothing in the house, and is only a servant, that opens the door to Holmes and gives him a letter from Irene Adler, in which he says that he went to live with her recent husband, and the photo was wearing, but pretended not do anything against the king. Along with the letter, Holmes leaves you with a picture of her gown.
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The story finds Holmes and Watson installed before the chimney 221-B Baker Street, in a nasty rainy afternoon, the brand new Autumn London. Conan Doyle, to have the presence of Watson in this case, is obliged to send to Mrs. Watson to visit an aunt. But back to the beginning. During the storm to hit London, Baker Street reaches young John Openshaw. The visitor is frightened for having received five orange seeds in an envelope with the initials KKK. Also his father, Joseph Openshaw, and uncle Elijah had received a similar shipping days before both victims perish than to the police, seemed fortuitous accidents. Based on the story of the young and the past of his uncle Elijah Holmes suspects behind the initials KKK is the Ku Klux Klan. Everything points to the terrible and bloody antibolicionista organization emerged after the end of the American Civil War. Unfortunately, the brilliant Sherlock Holmes can not save the life of his client or catch the murderers, who drowned in the Atlantic. In this case, Holmes blames himself for not having effectively employed logic, only key that allows, once considered a fact, not only deduce the causes that have produced but to provide a temporal effects the same event trigger.
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My opinion and my message about the book is that each chapter treatment of different topics but all very interesting as Holmes had the obligation to investigate three issues was happening in each chapter and so could succeed in what he did and what he liked discovered many things and knew to carry out each situation or problem and could solve that's my opinion