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'''''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle''''' is a short story that is part of the Sherlock Holmes series by [[Aurthur Conan Doyle]]. It was first published in January, 1892.
 
'''''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle''''' is a short story that is part of the Sherlock Holmes series by [[Aurthur Conan Doyle]]. It was first published in January, 1892.
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==Personal==
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A coworker gave me a free audiobook recording of this which I listened to. I wasn't impressed.
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==Status==
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This work is in the public domain. I do not own a physical copy, but have listened to it as an audio book.
  
 
==Review==
 
==Review==
I didn't find this story to be very interesting, perhaps it's just the time gap. And, while I like the idea of a crime-fighting genius like Holmes, I found a lot of his abductions to be rather far-fetched.
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I didn't find this story to be very interesting, perhaps it's just the time gap. And, while I like the idea of a crime-fighting genius like Holmes, I found a lot of his abductions to be awfully far-reaching.
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==Links==
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{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2395757.The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle}}
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{{Link|ProjectGutenberg|https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661}}
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{{Link|LibriVox|https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes}}
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* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle] - WikiSource - Illustrated.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:56, 28 April 2020

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is a short story that is part of the Sherlock Holmes series by Aurthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in January, 1892.

Personal

A coworker gave me a free audiobook recording of this which I listened to. I wasn't impressed.

Status

This work is in the public domain. I do not own a physical copy, but have listened to it as an audio book.

Review

— This section contains spoilers! —

I didn't find this story to be very interesting, perhaps it's just the time gap. And, while I like the idea of a crime-fighting genius like Holmes, I found a lot of his abductions to be awfully far-reaching.

Links

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