★Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

I read Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Conan Doyle.

There are 3 stories in the book: "The Speckled Band", "The Five Orange Pips" and "The Crown of Diamonds" and these are told by Dr Watson who is Holmes's only friend.

In 'The Speckled Band', Holmes's visitor is a very frightened young woman. Two years earlier, and only two weeks before her marriage, the young woman's twin sister died suddenly and mysteriously. Her last words were: 'It was the band! The speckled band!' Now Holmes's visitor also plans to marry, and strangely similar events are happening in her home. Will Sherlok Holmes be able to solve the puzzle in time to save her life?

He could solve the puzzle, of course, but I know it is stupid that I write ending of the case because it is one of the mystery stories. If you want to know why did the young woman's twin sister die? or what is the speckled band?, I give you some hints. The dead woman often hear the low whistle in the midnight before she dead, there are strange ventilator and bell rope in her bedroom, a large iron box in her stepfather's room, and her stepfather has a violent temper but he likes Indian animals... Please guess or read to know the fact;)

In the second story, five orange pips, the seeds of the fruit, are sent to John Openshaw's uncle. Soon, the old man is dead. Then pips are sent to other members of the family. Who are they from? What do they mean? And will deaths continue?

It's ending was so sad and the criminals were really terrible. I write a little about the criminals. Five orange pips were sent from the letter "K" was written three times. Do you know it's meaning? When I read it, I understand it because I learned it on ALH class. However, Holmes, Dr Watson and John are British so they couldn't know the meaning. "K.K.K." means a secret society in America. Though I write the criminals, please read the story if you want to know the meaning of five orange pips and the ending of this case.

Holmes's visitor to Baker Street in the third story is a very successful banker. Diamonds have been stolen from him, and to his horror he believes that he knows the thief. But is he right? The banker hopes that Holmes can disprove his worst fears.

This is the longest story in this book. There are 2 parts: The Banker's Problem and The Detective's Solution. This is the case of thief, not murder, so I recommend it the best though it is long story. I felt the banker's family's love after I read this story. Holmes solved the case using footprints around the banker's house as a clue. It was interesting that there were many peoples' footprints. If you want to read this book, please read this story at first!



I like mystery novels but I haven't read these in English. I know only Sherlock Holmes's name so I wanted to read this book. In this way, I chose this book!

I think Holmes is very famous person as a clever detective. Do you know him? If you don't know him, I hope you to read a book about his adventures or watch the movie about him! I want to watch it, too:)

Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Penguin Readers Level 4, 0-582-42687-1

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