“IT IS with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.---from The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle.”
My review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows posts tomorrow. The movie is really an amusing fantasia on The Final Problem, so if you don’t know the story and are planning to see the movie maybe you shouldn’t watch this. Otherwise, enjoy one of the best of the Jeremy Brett’s outings as Sherlock Holmes.
LM readers who'd like to have a crack at the original version of "The Final Problem" can download it for free in HTML, Kindle format, and a long list of other formats [it's the last story in the collection], via Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/834 I'm a huge Jeremy Brett fan, but there is something to be said for reading the genuine article.
Posted by: Bill Nothstine | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 02:55 AM