The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

Really good book with all of Stories of Sherlock Holmes. Or at least they would all be here if part of mine wasn't missing. It comes towards in the final section "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes". There are only two stories in my copy and there should be 12 (I think). The only two I have in this copy are The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone and The Problem of Thor Bridge, By my reckoning the following 10 stories missing The Adventure of the Illustrious Client; The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier; The Adventure of the Three Gables; The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire; The Adventure of the Three Garridebs; The Adventure of the Creeping Man; The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane; The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger; The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place and The Adventure of the Retired Colourman. This means that unfortunately, I can only give 3 stars and I might be a little generous at that.

I had never read any Sherlock Holmes before, and only knew The Hound of the B., but recently read all the stories after downloading them to my Kindle. Thought I would buy this DVD (at an almost giveaway price at the time) to watch the stories I had just read. Am almost finished now and have really enjoyed the experience. Jeremy Brett is (surely) the ideal Holmes - he obviously enjoyed bringing out the quirkiness of the character and almost 'camps it up' on occasion, with wonderful, subtle comic effect. A set I will doubtless watch again with equal pleasure in the future. One irritation for me though (not enough to lose a star on my rating though, I suppose) is the really dreadful 'in your face' anti-piracy track you are forced to watch every time you load any of the DVDs. I mute it and do something else for a few minutes.. bad miscalculation IMHO - what really is the point of it, who's it going to deter? Anyway, once past that, pure joy...

Purchased as a birthday present for a close friend who loves detective stories. Sherlock Holmes is, without doubt, the basis for all detective stores be they on radio, TV or digital media. I would dearly have loved to buy this volume for myself but they are expensive. This volume will last a lifetime. It may even become an appreciating asset and increase in value over time. A beautifully bound leather jacket with gold edging to all the pages. A 'must' for all Conan Doyle lovers.

The full stories are generally much shorter than the TV adaptations. However it shows how public demand brought Holmes back to life before finally retiring. Great classic.

I have bought this book because i love to read and hold a good boek in my hand. Which this book promised.... unfortunately the letter font is so tiny, it is just impossible to read it. What were those people thinking???!! Plus I am not sure about the “Leather” bound. So, if you need something to fill up your library and to show off, you’ll be be satisified. If you like to relax and read a classic: Don’t buy this!, get a proper book !!!

Sherlock Holmes is probably the greatest fictional detective ever, the stories are well written and entertaining. I’ve got this in hardback as well and read it from cover to cover over 20 years ago. The Kindle version is so much more portable but has the same content.

I already have the complete Sherlock Holmes long stories in book form which I have had for many years and have read several times and I don`t normally read books more than once.As this Kindle edition was only 49p I bought it as it also includes the short stories of which I have read the first although not for the first time.I will give this book 5 stars.

A great and complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, but the Kindle edition lacks any indexing or hyperlinks on the contents, making it impossible to navigate to any particular story without paging through from the front, which with such a long collection is practically impossible. Recommended instead is "Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection", same price and well organized with hyperlinks on contents etc.