I want to tell you about the book of Conan Doyle “Scandal in Bohemia”.
A little about the author: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 of
Scandal in Bohemia
Irish Catholic parents. He was a British physician and writer, most noted for his stories about
the detective Sherlock Holmes. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science
fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and nonfiction. He graduated in
medicine in 1881 and then practiced as a doctor in Britain and abroad: in a Greenland whaler,
a West African trader, a Boer War Hospital. Conan Doyle died in 1930.
A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 Sherlock Holmes short
stories to be published in The Strand Magazine and the first Sherlock Holmes story illustrated
by Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes, a famous detective, is commissioned by the King of
Bohemia to retrieve a potentially compromising photograph from Irene Adler, his former
mistress. Holmes sets out in disguise to search her house but is sidetracked when he becomes
caught up as a witness at her wedding. Later he returns and tricks her into revealing the hiding
place. When he goes back next day however she has left a note saying she perceived his ruse
and has emigrated, taking the photograph with her.
The main characters in this book are Sherlock Holms, Dr. Watson and Irene Adler. The
principal point of interest in the Sherlock Holmes stories and the reason that they have been so
popular is the character of Holmes himself. From «A Scandal in Bohemia» alone we learn that
he has an international reputation as a detective and is well known amongst European royalty.
He has acute powers of observation and an ability to interpret visual data. He is a master of
disguise, and is able to transform his actions into those of the person he is imitating. Holmes is
philosophical, brilliant, charismatic, benevolent and enigmatic. At the end of the story he shows
a lofty disregard for the King by ignoring his handshake.
The stories are narrated by Dr. John Watson, Holmes's good friend and companion. That
means that everything the reader knows about the world of Sherlock Holmes is coming from
Watson's particular perspective. When the story begins, Watson and Holmes are already close
friends. Watson regrets not having seen Holmes for some time. Given Watson's recent marriage
to Mary Jane, he has been spending most of his time at home. Apart from narrating the events,
Dr. Watson himself plays a relatively small role in the story.
To Holmes, the beautiful and cunning Irene Adler is simply 'the woman.' Holmes admires
her wit and cleverness. Irene Adler is a trained actress and as good at putting up a disguise as
Holmes himself. The King admires Adler, too: 'Did I not tell you how quick and resolute she
was? Would she not have made an admirable queen?' In one important scene, Adler marries
Godfrey Norton, a dark, handsome, and dashing lawyer from London's Temple district. Holmes
is intrigued, since he cannot discern her motive.
MINOR CHARACTERS IN "A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA" are Godfrey Norton – Lawyer
and Irene Adler's fiancé. Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, King of Bohemia –
Holmes's client and former lover of Irene Adler.
I like this book. It arouses a lot of feelings and emotions and it is very catching and exciting.
I advise you to read it because time spent on this book is never wasted. I’m sure you will
devour page after page with great pleasure.
In conclusion I would say the words of the english writer Ostin Wilde «Love books, they are
the source of knowledge. Books, I believed, may be divided into three groups: books to read,
books to reread, books not to be read at all»
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