Sherlock Holmes: Two Plays

Sherlock Holmes: Two Plays
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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and he knows it. As the famous bank-robber, John Clay, says to him, 'You think of everything, Mr Holmes. You're very clever.' People come to him with problems that no one, not even the police, can solve. Holmes sits, and thinks, and smokes his pipe, and in the end he finds the answer. In these plays, based on two of his stories, Holmes, helped by his old friend, Dr Watson, uses his great intelligence to solve two unusual and interesting cases.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES: TWO PLAYS

It is the end of the nineteenth century, and Sherlock Holmes, the world-famous detective, lives at 221B Baker Street in London. The great capital is a rainy, foggy city, where the police often have difficulty in catching criminals. Luckily, Holmes is there to help them, but only if a case is interesting enough.

Holmes is extremely intelligent, and intelligent people are often impatient with their friends. ‘Think, Watson!’ he says sharply to the good doctor, who is not as clever or as quick as he is. But he sometimes needs Dr Watson’s help, and is grateful for it, especially in a dangerous situation.

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INTRODUCTION

A strange advertisement in a newspaper is the beginning of an even stranger adventure for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

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