Sherlock Holmes - A case of identity. by Valeria Rubiconi https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6 By Arthur Conan Doyle. en-us 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC 2024-04-30 09:56:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/91810442/dd51ae808a8fb2e5db9690001ca0fae8/Group.svg valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106674 Another great Sherlock Holmes story. In this installment, the reader is introduced to Mary Sutherland, who has been mysteriously left at the altar. Holmes solves the case of her fiancé's disappearance, but will he tell her the truth? I love the backhanded compliments that Holmes gives Watson . . . . you're doing so much better, what wonderful observations, of course you missed everything important. A fun, witty mystery that continues to develop the characters and relationship of Sherlock and his faithful follower, John Watson.]]> 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106674 Miss Mary Sutherland valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106675

Miss Mary Sutherland is said to have a "preposterous hat and...vacuous face." She is a lady of some small fortune of "a hundred a year," left her by her uncle, who makes a living by taking typewriting jobs at home. She is an as yet unmarried young woman who is gentle mannered, good-hearted, sincere and innocently simple in her expectations. 

]]> 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106675 Sherlock Holmes valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106677
He's described as a very lean, sharp-headed man, nearly a meter-ninety-high, high forehead and aquiline nose. His character is very subtle and his personality suffers much from these continual mood swings but in principle  can be said that: it is very cynical, detached from anything that does not interest it, it has little empathy for its customers , he likes to show off his talent by mocking the official police but giving him all the merit, often remaining anonymous.


Benedict Cumberbatch as Sharlock Holmes.                                     
]]> 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106677 valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106679 The fiancé, Mr. Hosmer Angel, is a peculiar character, rather quiet, and rather secretive about his life. Miss Sutherland only knows that he works in an office in Leadenhall Street, but nothing more specific than that. All his letters to her are typewritten, even the signature, and he insists that she write back to him through the local Post Office. ]]> 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106679 valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106680 The story revolves around the case of Miss Mary Sutherland, a woman with a substantial income from the interest on a fund set up for her. She is engaged to a quiet Londoner who has recently disappeared. Sherlock Holmes's detective powers are barely challenged as this turns out to be quite an elementary case for him, much as it puzzles Watson. ]]> 2017-10-02 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193106680 valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193111662 The climax of the sad liaison comes when Mr. Angel abandons Miss Sutherland at the altar on their wedding day. 
 Holmes, noting all these things, Hosmer Angel's description, and the fact that he only seems to meet with Miss Sutherland while her disapproving youngish stepfather, James Windibank, is out of the country on business, reaches a conclusion quite quickly. A typewritten letter confirms his belief beyond doubt. Only one person could have gained by this: Mr. James Windibank. Holmes deduces "Angel" had "disappeared" by simply going out the other side of a four-wheeler cab. ]]> 2017-10-02 17:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193111662 valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193111977 After solving the mystery, Holmes chooses not to tell his client the solution, since "If I tell her she will not believe me. You may remember the old Persian saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.' There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the world." In this, however, he can be accused of not fulfilling his professional duty for which he was paid – namely, to investigate the matter to which she set him, provide her with the results and let her decide what to do with them. Holmes does advise his client to forget "Mr. Angel"; Miss Sutherland refuses to take Holmes' advice and vows to remain faithful to "Angel" until he reappears – for at least ten years.  Holmes predicts Windibank will continue a career in crime and end up on the gallows. ]]> 2017-10-02 17:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193111977 John Watson valeriarub https://padlet.com/valeriarub/tydz4lo4vyx6/wish/193122787
Watson was a middle-sized, strongly built man, square jaw, thick neck, with a moustache . 
He was quite handsome, Sherlock Holmes told about his natural "advantages" with the women . His experience of women extended over many nations and three separate continents.


Martin Freeman as John Watson.

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