1. Sherlock Holmes
Short Stories
by Alberto Salgado Pérez
Biography
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on may 22nd, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He studied medicine at Stonyhurst University of Edinburgh. Between 1882 and
1890 he practiced as a doctor in Southsea (England)
The first of his 68 Sherlock Holmes' stories (A Study in Scarlet) was pubished on
1887. It became one of the most important detective story. He earned so much
money that he gave up his medicine career in order to write more stories.
He died on July 7th, 1930 in Crowborough (England).
All his characters were brilliants, from Sherlock Holmes to his kindly and clumsy
friend, Dr. Watson or his archenemy Proffesor James Moriarty.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes' character on a Proffesor of him
with an amazing deductive reasoning abillity who knew at University.
Summary
The Man with the Twisted Lip
In "Sherlock Holmes short stories" we read how the famous private detective
find out why some people have acted mysteriously and why others have
disappeared or been attacked. All of this six short stories are told by Dr. Watson.
Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' best friend. In this stories, Dr. Watson doesn't
live with Sherlock. He lives with his wife, Mary. And he has his own medical
practice near Paddington Station.
Now, I am going to resum the first story: The man with the twisted lip. In this
story, Sherlock Holmes must find out what happened to Mr. Saint Clair. He was
seen lastly by his wife and he's disappeared for almost one week. Hugh Boone, a
beggar, was the person whom Mr. Saint Clair was seen for the last time, so he's
the main suspected of Mr. Saint Clair's disappearance. Mr. Boone is in the police
station's jail meanwhile they are investigating.
When Mrs. Saint Clair received a letter from his husband, Holmes resolved this
case. Hugh Boone was Mr. Saint Clair dress up as a beggar. Mr. Saint Clair had
discover that he earn more money as a beggar than a reporter of a newspaper, so
everyday he dress up and make up and he beggad on London streets. In order to
2. hide this to his wife, he layed in prison almost one week until he were released
without charges. But Sherlock Holmes found out the truth before.
Opinion
Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes are very amusing and easy to read. The good
thing is that you can try to get your own deductions to find out the end of the
story. In short, being like Sherlock Holmes.
Surprisingly to me, in the second story, The Engineer's Thumb, Sherlock Holmes
can't put murderers in prison. In the same way, I thought that there won't be
action or real danger in this stories. But, Dr. Watson is been injured by a gun shot
in The three Garridebs. This things make stories more interestings.
I have chosen the first story to make a summary because of it is the most obvious
to me. As I said at the beginning, the best thing of detective stories is trying to
find out what happened. In my opinion, The man with the twister lip is the most
obvious story that I've ever read.
Blurbs
It's an interesting book with six short stories. The book grips you in every story.
It's a good choice for those who love detective stories. I really recommend it.
Isabel González Rourich (Quintin Kynaston's Schoolgirl)
I would like to have investigations like Sherlock Holmes have. It seems amazing.
I'm tired following infidel husbands.
Antonio Muñoz (Private Detective)
It's an easy book to understand. Also, I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was one of
the greatest writers of all time. For this reason, I used to recommend his books to
my students.
Clara Martínez (English Teacher)
It has been a very boring book. I can't understand how is possible to write any
story without vampires or werewolfs. I think this kind of characters will improve
Sherlock Holme's stories.
Juan Coto (Stephenie Meyer's fan)
Excellent and thoughtful presentation, great sense of humour, a
3. few important grammar mistakes, but generally good English.
The green bits are mostly repetition. Mark: 8
Corrections:
Sherlock Holmes
Short Stories
by Alberto Salgado Pérez
Biography
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22nd, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland.He
studied medicine at Stonyhurst University of Edinburgh. Between 1882 and
1890 he worked as a doctor in Southsea (England).
The first of his 68 Sherlock Holmes' stories (A Study in Scarlet) was published in
1887. It became one of the most important detective stories. He earned so much
money that he gave up his medical career in order to write more stories.
He died on July 7th, 1930 in Crowborough (England).
All his characters were brilliant, from Sherlock Holmes to his kindly and clumsy
friend, Dr. Watson or his archenemy Professor James Moriarty.Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle based Sherlock Holmes' character on a Professor of his with an amazing
deductive reasoning ability (whom) he had met at University.
Summary
The Man with the Twisted Lip
In "Sherlock Holmes short stories" we read how the famous private detective
finds out why some people have acted mysteriously and why others have
disappeared or been attacked.
All of these six short stories are told by Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes' best friend.
In them, Dr. Watson doesn't live with Sherlock. He lives with his wife, Mary. And
he has his own medical practice near Paddington Station.
Now, I am going to sum up the first story: The man with the twisted lip. In it,
Sherlock Holmes must find out what happened to Mr. Saint Clair. He was seen
lastly by his wife and he's disappeared for almost one week. Hugh Boone, a
beggar, was the person whom Mr. Saint Clair was seen by for the last time, so
he's the main suspect of Mr. Saint Clair's disappearance. Mr. Boone is in the
police station's jail while they are investigating.
4. When Mrs. Saint Clair received a letter from his husband, Holmes resolved this
case. Hugh Boone was Mr. Saint Clair dressed up as a beggar. Mr. Saint Clair had
discovered that he earned more money as a beggar than as a reporter of a
newspaper, so everyday he dressed up and he begged on London streets. In
order to hide this from his wife, he remained in prison almost one week until he
was released without charges. But Sherlock Holmes found out the truth before.
Opinions
Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes are very amusing and easy to read. The good
thing is that you can try to make your own deductions to find out the end of the
story. In short, being like Sherlock Holmes.
Surprisingly to me, in the second story, The Engineer's Thumb, Sherlock Holmes
can't put murderers in prison. In the same way, I thought that there wouldn't be
action or real danger in these stories. But, Dr. Watson is injured by a gun shot in
The three Garridebs. These things make stories more interesting.
I have chosen the first story to make a summary because of it is the most obvious
to me. As I said at the beginning, the best thing of detective stories is trying to
find out what happened. In my opinion, The man with the twisted lip is the most
obvious story that I've ever read.
Blurbs
It's an interesting book with six short stories. The book grips you in every story.
It's a good choice for those who love detective stories. I really recommend it.
Isabel González Rourich (Quintin Kynaston's Schoolgirl)
I would like to have investigations like Sherlock Holmes’s. It seems amazing. I'm
tired of following infidel husbands.
Antonio Muñoz (Private Detective)
It's an easy book to understand. Also, I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was one of
the greatest writers of all time. For this reason, I tend to recommend his books to
my students.
Clara Martínez (English Teacher)
It has been a very boring book. I can't understand how it is possible to write any
story without vampires or werewolves. I think this kind of characters would
improve Sherlock Holmes's stories.