The proposed collection includes selected stories about the world famous detective Sherlock Holmes: “The Speckled Band”, “The Red-Headed Union”, “The Blue Carbuncle”, “The Dancing Men”. The texts of the works are abbreviated and simplified, and are also accompanied by comments, exercises and dictionaries for each of the works. The publication is intended for those continuing to study English at the lower level (level 2 - Pre-Intermediate).
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On glancing over my notes of the cases in which I have studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number strange, but no commonplace cases. He worked rather for the love of his art than for money and he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not have anything unusual and even fantastic in it. Of all these cases, however, I cannot recall any which was more unusual than that which was associated with the well-known family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. The events occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms in Baker Street.
It was early in April in the year 1883 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. He was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I looked up at him in some surprise.
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“We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the Italian Quarter (we have an inspector who deals with the /area/ Saffron Hill and the Italian quarter; specialty = specialty - occupation, profession, specialty, field of activity; specialization). Well, this dead man had some Catholic emblem round his neck (so, on the neck: “around the neck” of the murdered man there was a Catholic symbol), and that, along with his color (and this, along with the color of his /skin/; along with - together, along with), made me think he was from the South (makes me think = makes me think he was from the south). Inspector Hill knew him the moment he caught sight of him (Inspector Hill recognized him at that moment /as soon as/ he saw him; to catch sight of - notice, see / someone, something /). His name is Pietro Venucci, from Naples (his name is: “his name” is Pietro Venucci, /originally/ from Naples), and he is one of the greatest cut-throats in London (one of the most brutal killers in London; great - big; great, significant; experienced; cut-throat - thug, killer: to cut - cut; throat - throat, throat). He is connected with the Mafia (he is connected to the mafia), which, as you know, is a secret political society (which, as you know, is a secret political society), enforcing its decrees by murder (enforcing their decisions with the help of murders; to enforce - to put pressure, coerce; implement, enforce /law, sanctions/; force to fulfill the demands of /gangster/ gang; decree - decree, decree, decree). Now, you see how the affair begins to clear up (now you see that things are beginning to become clearer; to clear up - to brighten, to become clearer). The other fellow is probably an Italian also (the other person is probably Italian too), and a member of the Mafia (and mafia member). He has broken the rules in some fashion (he violated their charter in some way; to break-broke-broken; rule - rule, norm, principle; rules - charter, list of rules, set of regulations / of a society, order, etc. /). Pietro is set upon his track (Pietro follows his trail). Probably the photograph we found in his pocket is the man himself (possibly /in/ the photo /which/ we found in his pocket /is /that person), so that he may not knife the wrong person (so that he doesn’t stab someone else; wrong - wrong, unfaithful; erroneous). He dogs the fellow (he is tracking that person; dog - dog, dog; to dog - to track, to follow someone; to pursue), he sees him enter a house (sees him entering the house), he waits outside for him (waiting for him outside), and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound (and in a fight he himself receives a mortal wound; scuffle - fight, skirmish, brawl; death - death). How is that, Mr. Sherlock Holmes (how do you like this /version/, Mr. Sherlock Holmes)?”
Sherlock Holmes, the hero of the English writer Arthur Conan Doyle, is my favorite literary character. I am fond of detective stories and have read a lot of works by Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Georges Simenon and other writers. But for me, Sherlock Holmes remains the kindest, smartest, and most talented.
His fame spread to all corners of England, and then the brilliant detective became known throughout the world. Holmes goes to investigate the Vatican; even powerful monarchs need his help. Holmes uses the famous deductive method in his work. He can tell about a person and his character based on individual details, on some little things. Holmes has a friend - Doctor Watson. There is much he does not understand about Holmes' decisions and conclusions, and he constantly asks questions. Just like me: just like him, I am surprised by the words and conclusions of Sherlock Holmes. And Sherlock Holmes always patiently and clearly explains what we don’t understand.
I really like the detective story “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” which begins with Sherlock Holmes literally extracting a lot of information from a stick left in his house by a visitor. And when the owner of the stick appears, it turns out that everything Holmes said is true.
This time we are talking about the curse that hangs over the Baskerville family. From ancient times, a manuscript has been passed down from generation to generation, which says: “Beware of going out into the swamps at night, when the forces of evil reign supreme.” It would seem that this is a legend, a fairy tale, but goosebumps run through your skin when you hear the cries of night birds in a huge swamp, the breathing and growl of a huge dog, ready to tear to pieces a living person. Everyone experiences fear, and only Sherlock Holmes knows what to do. He remains calm and composed. He does not believe in any ancestral spells, and his logic and common sense ultimately win.
I think Sherlock Holmes will remain my favorite hero for the rest of my life. He has all the traits a person needs: he is interesting, fearless, persuasive, smart. Sherlock Holmes, the hero of the English writer sir Arthur Conan Doyle - my favorite literary character. I am fond of detectives and read a lot of Agatha Christie, PoE, Georges Simenon and other writers. But the most kind, smart, talented, I have a Sherlock Holmes.
Fame has penetrated into all corners of England, and then about the brilliant detective learned worldwide. Holmes leaves the investigation in the Vatican, help is needed even the mighty monarchs. Holmes uses the famous deductive method. He may, in individual parts, for some little things to talk about man and his character. At Holmes"s friend Dr. Watson. Many things he could not understand in the decisions and conclusions of Holmes, and he constantly asks questions. Absolutely, I like it, I"m surprised at the words and conclusions of Sherlock Holmes. And Sherlock Holmes is always patient, lucidly explains what is unclear to us.I like detective story "the hound of the Baskervilles", which begins with Sherlock Holmes literally extracts from a stick, forgotten in his house the visitor a wealth of information. And when the owner of the stick, it turns out that all Holmes said - the truth.
At this time we are talking about the curse, which hang above a native of the Baskervilles. From ancient times, passed on from generation to generation the manuscript, which is written: "Beware of leaving the swamps at night, when the forces of evil ruled unchallenged." This would seem to legend, fairy tale, but shiver run through the skin, when you hear the cries of night birds on a huge bog, the breath and the roaring of a huge dog, ready to devour a living person. Fear is, and only Sherlock Holmes knows what to do. He remains quiet, mellow. In any ancestral curse, he does not believe, and its logic and common sense to eventually win.
I think Sherlock Holmes will remain my favorite hero for life. It has all the features necessary to man: it "s interesting, fearless, compelling, intelligent.
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and ratiocination, and is renowned for his skillful use of "deductive reasoning" while using abductive reasoning (inference to the best explanation) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognizable literary characters in any genre.
Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes" friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton"s Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.
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One of the four novels within the sixty episodes of the Sherlock Holmes canon, A Study in Scarlet(1877) marked the debut of Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, along with their residence at 221 B Baker Street, Inspector Lestrade, and the ragtag band of street urchins Holmes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars." Doyle modeled Holmes in part upon the idiosyncrasies of one of his medical school instructors, Dr. Joseph Bell; the literary structure, however, he borrowed from Edgar Allan Poe's stories of Auguste Dupin. The brilliant but eccentric detective, the admiring friend who narrates the story, the cases which are puzzling and fantastic as much as sensationally criminal, the dramatically revealed solution at the end; all these are elaborated from Poe's work.
The great detective"s melancholy mood is lifted by the arrival of attractive Mary Morstan at 221B Baker Street. Mary"s father vanished ten years ago. Four years later she bagan to receive, annually, a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. The duo are confronted with a case that includes a wronged woman, a wooden-legged ruffian, hidden treasure, and a love affair.
3: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that were originally published in Strand magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. This collection includes some of Holmes' most famous cases.
4: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)
- The Stock Broker's Clerk (1893)
An ancient family curse has caused the shocking death of all of Sir Henry Baskerville's ancestors, and the distinguished Dr. James Mortimer wants Sherlock Holmes to help protect his friend. According to local legend, an enormous, savage, supernatural hound lives on the Grimpen Moor, and has just killed yet another Baskerville. Despite Holmes's well-deserved reputation as a crime specialist and brilliant sleuth, even he wonders whether his powers of deductive reasoning can defeat this mysterious, hellish beast.
6: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1904)
An English gentleman is murdered with a uniquely American weapon: a sawed-off shotgun. Since the police are baffled, Sherlock Holmes is asked to solve the murder.
The story is similar in structure to "A Study in Scarlet", with the second half taking place in the United States and filling in the history of what led up to the first half. Toward the end, the story comes back to Holmes and Watson.
8: His Last Bow (1917)
9: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Arthur Conan Doyle
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On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the skill of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic. Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. It is possible that I might have placed them upon record before, but a promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given. It is perhaps as well that the facts should now come to light, for I have reasons to know that there are widespread rumours, as to the death of Dr. Grimesby Roylott which tends to make the matter even more terrible than the truth.
Looking through my notes on the adventures of Sherlock Holmes - and I have more than seventy such notes that I have kept over the past eight years - I find in them many tragic cases, some funny ones, some bizarre ones, but not a single one. ordinary: working for the love of his art, and not for money, Holmes never took on the investigation of ordinary, everyday cases, he was always attracted only to cases in which there was something extraordinary, and sometimes even fantastic.
The case of the Roylott family from Stoke Moron, well known in Surrey, strikes me as particularly bizarre. Holmes and I, two bachelors, were then living together in Baker Street. I probably would have published my notes earlier, but I gave my word to keep this matter secret and I released my word only a month ago, after the untimely death of the woman to whom it was given. It will perhaps be of some use to present the matter in its true light, for rumor has attributed the death of Dr. Grimsby Roylott to even more terrible circumstances than those which actually existed.
It was early in April in the year ’83 that I woke up one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. He was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment, for I was myself regular in my habits.
I woke up one April morning in 1883 to find Sherlock Holmes standing by my bed. He was not dressed at home. He usually got out of bed late, but now the clock on the mantelpiece showed only a quarter past seven. I looked at him in surprise and even somewhat reproachfully. I myself was true to my habits.
“Very sorry to knock you up, Watson,” he said, “but it’s the common lot this morning.” Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.”
“I’m very sorry to wake you, Watson,” he said. - But that’s the kind of day it is today. We woke up Mrs. Hudson, she woke me up, and I woke you up.
“What is it, then-a fire?”
What is it? Fire?
“No; a client. It seems that a young lady has arrived in a significant state of excitement, who insists upon seeing me. She is waiting now in the sitting-room. Now, when young ladies wander about the metropolis at this hour of the morning, and knock sleepy people up out of their beds, I presume that it is something very pressing which they have to communicate. Should it prove to be an interesting case, you would, I am sure, wish to follow it from the outset. I thought, at any rate, that I should call you and give you the chance.”
No, client. Some girl arrived, she is terribly excited and definitely wants to see me. She's waiting in the waiting room. And if a young lady decides to travel through the streets of the capital at such an early hour and get a stranger out of bed, I believe she wants to communicate something very important. The case may turn out to be interesting, and you, of course, would like to hear this story from the very first word. So I decided to give you this opportunity.