Inilah petualangan pertama Sherlock Holmes dan Dokter Watson. Berawal dari sebuah apartemen kecil di Baker Street, mereka kedatangan seorang klien untuk mengungkap kasus pembunuhan misterius. Telah ditemukan sosok mayat yang meninggal tak wajar, tanpa ada barang bukti pembunuhan. Sherlock Holmes dengan sigap mencoba mengurai semuanya. Melacak jejak pelaku, bukti-bukti yang ada di sekitar kejadian, juga motif pembunuhan. Bagaimana cara sang detektif ulung ini melakukan pekerjaannya? Juga apa reaksi Dokter Watson saat mengikuti Sherlock di kasus pertama ini? *** Sherlock Holmes Begins: A Study in Scarlet menceritakan segala mula petualangan duet dari Sherlock Holmes dan Dokter Watson. Pengenalan kedua karakter tersebut dibeberkan dengan detail, juga tentang alur dan motif kejadian pembunuhan yang sedang ditangani mereka. Tak ada yang mustahil untuk diungkap oleh seorang Sherlock Holmes. -Bukune-
Juga apa reaksi Dokter Watson saat mengikuti Sherlock di kasus pertama ini? *** Sherlock Holmes Begins: A Study in Scarlet menceritakan segala mula petualangan duet dari Sherlock Holmes dan Dokter Watson.
The artwork in Nis Jessen's new version of "A Study in Scarlet" is based on - and selected from - his massive book (weighing 2 kilo and with 625 illustrations) that was published in 2005. This version is created as Nis Jessen's tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's genius that gave the world 125 years of intelligent and meaningful fictitious reading in at least 84 languages. Nis Jessen invested 8 years in research and artwork at his drawing table to show the most authentic atmosphere of Victorian London, hansom cabs, gaslight - with other words: Sherlock Holmes' world - but also the early Mormon settlements at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The artwork in Nis Jessen's new version of "A Study in Scarlet" is based on - and selected from - his massive book (weighing 2 kilo and with 625 illustrations) that was published in 2005.
From that day these outrages have never ceased, until now they have reached a
pitch which makes us the opprobrium of the civilized world. Is it for such results as
this that our great country welcomes to its bosom the alien who flies from the
despotisms of Europe? Is it that they shall themselves become tyrants over the
very men who have given them shelter, and that a state of terrorism and
lawlessness should be established under the very shadow of the sacred folds of
the starry Flag ...
A mystery that entangles the mind The Valley of Fear is a fraction of Sherlock Holmes series. Full of suspense and ambiguity, the story revolves around the mysterious murder case of Douglas which is resolved very astutely by Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson. The civil corruption of North America has also been highlighted in this novel. Spine-chilling!
“Ay, John McGinty, you may call me that if it eases your smart. You and your like
have been the enemy of God and man in these parts. It took a man to get
between you and the poor devils of men and women that you held under your
grip. There was just one way of doing it, and I did it. You call me a traitor; but I
guess there's many a thousand will call me a deliverer that went down into hell to
save them. I've had three months of it. I wouldn't have three such months again if
they let me ...
"The Valley of Fear" is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the real-life exploits of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland.
But your more deadly proposition is not so clear. Let us for a moment consider
the difficulties which stand in the way. "We will suppose that thiscouple are united
by the bonds of a guilty love, and thatthey have determined to get rid of the man
who stands between them. Itis a largesupposition; for discreet inquiry among
servants and others has failed tocorroborate itin anyway. On the contrary, there
isa good dealof evidencethat the Douglases were very attachedto each other." "
That, I am ...
I have no doubt that what she heard was the report of the gun, and that this was
the real instant of the murder. If this is so, we have now to determine what Mr
Barker and Mrs Douglas, presuming that they are not the actual murderers, could
have been doing from a quarter to eleven, when the sound of the gun-shot
brought them down, until a quarter past eleven, when they rang the bell and
summoned the servants. What were they doing, and why did they not instantly
give the alarm?
A Study in Scarlet, the Sign of the Four, the Hound of the Baskervilles and the Valley of Fear (Enga
This text includes "A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, " and "The Valley of Fear, " illustrated by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, James Greig, and Charles Kerr.
This text includes "A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, " and "The Valley of Fear, " illustrated by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, James Greig, and Charles Kerr.
