Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Another Holmes, another pick.

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dabbe Yay! That was a fun one, wasn't it? 💙🩵💙 7mo

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dabbe

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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What did y'all think? 🤩

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IndoorDame I think this is the first time Sherlock and I agree that no crime was committed and everyone should run along home 😂 7mo

Librarybelle True, @IndoorDame ! 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Unless you want to charge Hatty Doran with bigamy! 😀 7mo

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IndoorDame @dabbe oooh, we totally could! But it seems petty since she didn‘t steal money from either husband (and running off with your own fortune is the sort of thing that calls for recriminations against marrying someone just for the money) 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Agree 💯. Hatty and Frank deserve each other. 😂 7mo

dabbe A couple of things I found to be a hoot in this one:
•When Lestrade is so proud of the clue he found, Holmes looks at it, and Lestrade SHRIEKS, “You're looking at the wrong side!“
•When Simon dares to say to Holmes that the cases he's solved so far were from the lower classes, Sherlock replies that he is “descending“ in Simon's case and that his last client “of the sort was a king.“ 7mo

kelli7990 I liked this story. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe Yes, Wrong side!?! - so funny. And when Simon is quite struck that he is not the highest client Holmes has aided. (HOW embarrassing lol)

I also thought is was silly for Simon to come for help from Holmes but then say “I am afraid it will take wiser heads than yours or mine“ and then amusing when Holmes says it was an honor of Simon to put his head on the level with Simon's.

@Librarybelle @IndoorDame 7mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I forgot about that last one, too! 😂 7mo

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dabbe

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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What did y'all think? 🤩

IndoorDame I think you could title this one Everyone Behaving Badly. Watson and the hapless inspector seem to me to come off the best, and our society couple the worst, but no one‘s behavior quite reaches noble, and Holmes‘ staging of the reveal is a bit self serving and distasteful. 7mo

Librarybelle I‘m not sure anyone‘s behavior could be described as noble. St. Simon does remind me of the stereotypical nobility-type. 7mo

dabbe Hatty's dad was abominable: getting rich then forbidding his daughter to marry Frank because he had no money, but hey, let's marry a lord for his title! Frank doesn't think Hatty can stay faithful unless they secretly marry so he can “feel sure of her.“ Plus he has her go through with the marriage to Simon when he magically appears at her wedding? Why couldn't they cause a scene at the church? They certainly did later! ⬇️ (edited) 7mo

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dabbe Then Hatty wants to avoid everything and everybody: it's too “dreadful hard“ to tell Simon the truth, so let's just run away. Oh, and let's have Frank hide her wedding clothes because that'll solve everything. It takes SH to make them see the light, and then he thinks they can all get together for a happy supper? Yowza! 😂 7mo

dabbe And ... no one seems to care what happens to Flora Miller. Lestrade thinks she killed Hatty, so is she left to still rot in jail? And even though Simon behaved “nobly“ by shaking Hatty's hand, he had no problem flinging it with Flora--just as any noble bachelor would do, right? 7mo

Sace @dabbe Exactly! I need more story about Flora! 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement @IndoorDame @Librarybelle @dabbe @sace I was surprised Watson was callous, saying Simon was not very gracious, while Holmes understood the hurt of losing a bride (okay & fortune lol). I saw Holmes as thoughtful providing an expensive dinner to allow Simon to get some closure in a private space. With upscale bottles of wine, for him to ease his pain as he heard the tale w/Holmes & Watson serving as buffer. And Yes, was Flora justified? 7mo

IndoorDame @dabbe yes, I really hope someone gets her out of jail!!!!🤞🏼its maybe not strictly “nice” to crash your exes wedding to cause a scene, but I don‘t think we can justify the level punishment for her rudeness she‘d get for kidnapping and killing the new bride! 7mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Holmes does show his softer side in this one, doesn't he? Excellent point! 🤩 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame @Sace I've read that Doyle was known for “forgetting“ plot lines throughout his stories, but in the same one? He totally leaves Flora out there to hang! 7mo

Sace Did Doyle forget or was she just a run of the mill danseuse not worthy of anything more? (I just wanted an excuse to use danseuse in a sentence 😂) 7mo

Aimeesue @Sace 😂😂😂 7mo

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dabbe

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What did y'all think? 🤩

Cuilin I really enjoyed it with its soap opera, telenovela vibe about it!! 7mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin same! 7mo

Librarybelle That‘s a good way of describing it, @Cuilin ! 7mo

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dabbe We have everyone pretty much behaving abominably and misreading one another, and then SH tries to have the proverbial happy ending like a Shakespearean comedy of errors, to a “soap opera,“ as @Cuilin stated so well. 7mo

CogsOfEncouragement How many times have I read a story, where the whole of the problem could have been solved with one conversation??? It was good of Holmes to pressure Hatty to face Simon. It was the decent thing to do. And as someone also pointed out on another post - Flora did nothing to Hatty. Lestrande needed proof of that though lol. @Cuilin @IndoorDame @Librarybelle @dabbe 7mo

kelli7990 I didn‘t laugh but I found one part of the story kind of funny. 7mo

dabbe @kelli7990 Would you like to share which one? 🤩 7mo

kelli7990 @dabbe I don‘t remember what scene it was. 7mo

dabbe @kelli7990 No problem. If you found it funny, that's what matters. 🤗 7mo

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement imagine if people would just talk and share information 🫢 7mo

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dabbe

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Fabulous posts AGAIN, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor! 🤩 Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion with @dabbe on 5/4.

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/44jfmFC

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

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Librarybelle Thank you! 8mo

Sace I just pulled out my old Barnes and Noble copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes in anticipation of reading and lurking in the discussion 😂 8mo

kelli7990 Yay! 8mo

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dabbe @Sace Would you like us to put you on the #NoPlaceLikeHolmes list? No pressure; join in whenever you want! 🤩 8mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 😘 8mo

dabbe @kelli7990 😘 8mo

Sace @dabbe I would like that, yes. I‘ve asked to be tagged on alllll the things 😂 I‘ll have lots of reading inspiration for sure! 8mo

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AdaChivers

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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I didn't like this one...
#sherlocked #readalong #serialreader

TobeyTheScavengerMonk There's a stretch of boring ones where he's just helping aristocrats out of scandals. 8y

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gossamerchild

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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I was taking exception to the use of "noble," but then realized there's more than one definition ?. Not too bad! #sherlocked #serialreader #readalong

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InLibrisVeritas

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

So I decided to go ahead and start this tonight so I didn't fall too behind again! This one has some promise to it! Who doesn't like the occasional of drama with their mysteries? #sherlocked

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gossamerchild

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

I'm curious about the publishing history of the short stories. Were they all published together originally? This one starts like I missed the first part of a conversation. And yes, I could look this up, but I'm curious to hear what Sherlock fans have to say 😊. #sherlocked #serialreader #readalong

Theresa They were all published together as part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. 8y

gossamerchild @Theresa ahh, thank you. That does make more sense 🤔 8y

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jpmcwisemorgan

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

This one is next up in our #Sherlocked readalong with @SerialReader - I hope to catch up on posting today.

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gossamerchild Does this start tomorrow? I'm so out of the loop 😕 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @gossamerchild I have it as starting tomorrow. I think we're all reading at slightly different paces so you're not out of the loop or behind or anything. 🙂 8y

gossamerchild @jpmcwisemorgan 👍 8y

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mhillis What about The Engineer's Thumb? 🤓 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @mhillis That one was last week, as was the Speckled Band. I did post those two out of order though! I'm behind on any sort of reviews because all my library holds showed up at once. 8y

mhillis 😂OK thanks, Somehow I missed it! 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @mhillis 😀 I posted it and then immediately posted the Speckled Band because I had skipped. They're happening so fast!!!! Ahhh!!! 8y

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