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The Speckled Band
Title: The Speckled Band
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Genre: Thriller
Main Characters:
Sherlock Holmes – practises as a detective consultant in London. He lives at 221b Baker Street with Dr Watson, met through an acquaintance they had in common, and who becomes his friend, his partner in some enquiries, and especially is biographer. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are not married.
Dr Watson – is a doctor in medicine. In the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Watson plays a role of ‘naïve’ companion through whose eyes the reader discovers the case at its most mysterious.
Helen Stoner – is a young woman, she is 30 and she has grey hair. She lives with her step-father, who is the last of one of the oldest families in England., the Roylotts of Stoke Moran in Surrey. Her step-father, Dr Roylott, is a bad tempered man. Miss Stoner also had a sister, Julia, who is dead.
Story:
Miss Helen Stoner is a frightened young woman who comes to take advice from Sherlock Holmes on the day when she realises that the strange facts which preceded the death of her sister, Julia, are being replicated with regard to herself. She fears death as her sister died mysteriously, she died at the door of her room after having told Helen that she had clearly heard a strange hissing during the night.
The detective managed to enter the manor at Stoke Moran where the tragedy occurred, he examined the bedroom which was adjacent to the Doctor’s, he points out a tiny air vent and a cord for a bell which does not ring. Sherlock Holmes spent the night in the bedroom, he hit the venomous snake that the Doctor had sent, but the snake turned against him and bit him.
My Opinion:
I like this story, because I like stories where the reader discovers and looks for clues at the same time as the main character. I find it’s funny when we try to find the culprit because in stories like this there is often a culprit. In this story I thought the murderer was Dr Roylott and I didn’t think of a snake at all.
Posted by: Morgane Doré