tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post1334475343251506744..comments2022-11-02T06:31:21.376-07:00Comments on The Itinerant Bookworm: Sherlock Holmes and "Normality"Anastasia Klimchynskayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14291253915193996900noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-49745375103535094762012-04-21T05:27:54.569-07:002012-04-21T05:27:54.569-07:00Thank you! :) I checked out your blog and see that...Thank you! :) I checked out your blog and see that you're a fellow Sherlockian as well, and particularly a fan of the Russian adaptations. How do you acquire them/what language do you watch them in? I've seen the first episode - the one based on the Red-Headed League - and I must say, it really is quite lovely. I even wrote a review of it at some point, thought I never finished it.Anastasia Klimchynskayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291253915193996900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-67456606991843301512012-04-20T23:40:04.617-07:002012-04-20T23:40:04.617-07:00Great blog with lot of cool posts about Sherlock H...Great blog with lot of cool posts about Sherlock Holmes. This one is no exception :)<br /><br />Cheers!Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498276962097853996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-31800811530016554742012-01-30T08:23:59.233-08:002012-01-30T08:23:59.233-08:00No worries about the responses :) (although I pers...No worries about the responses :) (although I personally couldn't live a day without the internet, haha). <br /><br />do tell me what your thoughts are once you've read the Holmes stories (unless you post about it, in which case I'll run across it on your blog).Anastasia Klimchynskayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291253915193996900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-53752630720087453902012-01-30T08:07:26.008-08:002012-01-30T08:07:26.008-08:00Plot or characters? Interesting question that I&#...Plot or characters? Interesting question that I'm still mulling over. However, in the case of Holmes, I'll default to reading them in order of publication.<br /><br />BTW, sorry for the long delay in responses. I sometimes have limited interest access.Gandergelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282534019040801974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-63059344572493392622012-01-25T15:35:44.390-08:002012-01-25T15:35:44.390-08:00I approve. If you're just discovering the Holm...I approve. If you're just discovering the Holmes Canon for the first time, though, I recommend you start with the stories. Two of the novels come before the stories (study in scarlet and sign of four) but they're nowhere near as good as the stories in terms of plot and intrigue. Of course, the novels do reveal much more about Holmes as a person, so really, where you start depends, I suppose on whether you're more interesting in the plot or the characters..Anastasia Klimchynskayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291253915193996900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-84129189399666107272012-01-25T05:21:34.314-08:002012-01-25T05:21:34.314-08:00Holmes has been on my to read list for quite some ...Holmes has been on my to read list for quite some time - but since seeing the first season of Sherlock, it's moved up considerably.Gandergelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282534019040801974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-4730259152918435792012-01-24T13:13:31.722-08:002012-01-24T13:13:31.722-08:00The point you bring up about literary sleuths is r...The point you bring up about literary sleuths is really interesting. I, like everybody else, have read about Miss Marple, of course, and Poirot, but somehow I seem to remember them as, well, "normal" people. I haven't Jeremy Brett series (also hangs head in shame...I guess we're even), and I admit that the way you say Holmes is presented in those films is surprising, to me, though perhaps it shouldn't be. Indeed, I think you're quite right that a good detective is, in some ways, very similar to a criminal. This is actually brought up in the Holmes stories, I believe - Holmes says several times that he'd make a brilliant criminal, which raises the question of why he decided to be on the side of the law (well, mostly). <br /><br />I highly recommend Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories to you; I know I personally will definitely check out the Jeremy Brett series eventually.Anastasia Klimchynskayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291253915193996900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737852308391424460.post-52766171085956090622012-01-24T10:34:26.159-08:002012-01-24T10:34:26.159-08:00I haven't read the books (hangs head in shame)...I haven't read the books (hangs head in shame); my entire knowledge of Holmes comes from the lauded Jeremy Brett series. I certainly wouldn't call him "normal", i.e. following society's conventions. He's rude, often contemptuous, certainly not someone a high bred hostess would invite to a dinner party.<br /><br />As an aficionado of mysteries, I must agree that great detectives do not conform to what is typically accepted as normality. They are rogues. Even Miss Marple, who on the surface seems the most benign of sleuths, has an unpleasant cynical streak. It makes sense; who better to catch a sociopath than another sociopath with a slightly more refined sense of morality.Gandergelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282534019040801974noreply@blogger.com