Finally, I bought the books that I have been always wanted to buy, The Complete Sherlock Holmes. 4 novels + 56 short stories, in 2 volumes. It was a long long time since I started reading Holmes................
Back in secondary school Form 1 I think. Started to read this novel because of CK. That time I was just borrowing from school library, and I don't know what I'm reading too, here read abit, there read abit. But I remember one of the 4 long novels, The Hound of the Baskerville. I think it's the best. I read that particular novel for so many times that I couldn't remember already.
And then, I went to buy The Complete Sherlock Holmes, in chinese version. Ya. That time, I couldn't read english well enough to understand a novel ha. And I spent more than one year to finish reading all the 4 novels and 56 short stories. On and off, on and off, that's why took forever to finish them.
And so it was during my STPM and NUS period when I started to read novels again, in English version, and since then I wanted to buy Sherlock Holmes to read again, but in the original english version. Translated version always got some problems. The characters name is so hard to remember.
So last week, when I went to Vivo City to watch New Moon, I found several edition of Sherlock Holmes in the book shop there, but they are all so expensive. SGD70+. Very tempted to buy though, but I didn't. Luckily I didn't. Yesterday I went to Malaysia City Square popular, and I found it. Cost less than RM50 for two volumes, and it's hard cover, and the cover is even better than the SG version which costs 70 dollars.
I think most people know who is Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, he is a fictional character created by the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and published in UK magazine back in 1880+ until 1910+ if I'm not wrong. It's about detective stories.
There is a Holmes movie coming soon this month, and the actor who acts Holmes is the Iron Man, ha. From the trailer, this version of Holmes movie looks more like those funny funny movie. So, don't know how original is this movie to the original novels. Anyway, it's the movie that I will not miss this year. Looking forward~
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