15/01/2023 ✔️ A Study in Scarlet ⭐⭐⭐

Just started A Study in Scarlet :)

It doesn't explain everything but it comes closest of all annotated editions. A must have if you are reading it for the first time.

same as for the other.

No one tops Sherlock Holmes!

As far as the novels are concerned, there is no need for any comment. Regarding the annotations, my opinion is that they are the most comprehensive that can be physically compiled. If only Mr. Klinger could refrain from 'The Game', and produce his stupendous work without any whimsical pretensions of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson being living persons (Sir Arthur merely acting as Watson's literary agent) [more in the line of the collection brought out by the Gasogene books], I could have breathed easily.

a note of caution to prospective buyers: this IS a hefty tome, so please abandon all hopes of taking it to the bed.

Georgoeus edition containing the four novels of the most famous inspector of all times, with very good illustrations and an infinite number of notes that help to know the work in depth.

The ultimate in Sherlock Holmes collections. I have collected many different publishing versions of these four novels by Arthur Conan Doyle since my schooldays.

This collection contains:
A Study in Scarlet (1887)
The Sign of Four (1889)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)
The Valley of Fear (1914)

This mammoth Norton publication needs to be read and studied at home - just too big to lug around on public transport or whatever.
The research involved with the annotations is phenomenal and this along with the illustrations from the original magazines plus book covers and images from the period are just amazing.
A must for all Sherlockians!

The stories are timeless and this edition is really wonderful. My favorite is The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Wonderful!

You can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes. The annotations are very helpful and the illustrations are superb. Very much recommended for fans of Holmes and Watson and also for those just starting to delve into the Canon.

Am I to assume that persons of the 19th century are prone to fainting when ever in distress. And what was all the ejaculating about? "He ejaculated" and "I ejaculated", makes me wonder what the books are really about.

I truly enjoyed The Sign of Four as that was the first Holmes book I read. The Hound of the Baskervilles was only okay and as one reviewer said where was the mystery?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s four classic novels (A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear) are presented in all their glory alongside comprehensive notations and numerous sketches and drawings.

Its substantive size—roughly the same weight and dimensions of a new born baby—precludes a comfortable reading experience unless it is had sitting at a table. Nevertheless, any fan of Sherlock Holmes should count themselves lucky to have read such an anthology. Klinger has also produced an annotated collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories.