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Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 5 · 5,566 sentences
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Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English · Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) — Fiction · Private investigators — England — Fiction
Words worth knowing: mottle · underworld · postmark · perfunctory · sucker · disused · indelible · virile
THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. First Published 1927 PREFACE I fear that Mr. Sherlock Holmes may become like one of those popular tenors who, having outlived their time, are still tempted to make repeated farewell bows to their indulgent audiences.
This must cease and he must go the way of all flesh, material or imaginary.
One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux of Fielding may still make love to the belles of Richardson, where Scott's heroes still may strut, Dickens's delightful Cockneys still raise a laugh, and Thackeray's worldlings continue to carry on their reprehensible careers.
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