Dear Pinaki and Sumal,

Coincidentally, this adventure was my first intro to the Canon too...at least
in a written format...also while in school. Though I do remember having seen a
few of the adventures on Doordarshan way back in '85 (I think) I was too young
to understand what was actually happening.

When I first read it in school, my first thought was that the man was a
magician. Then, as I began to realize the depths of his observation and
deductive techniques, I decided Holmes was a genius of the first order.

Wish you all a very belated Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year 2008.

Sridhar
PS: BTW, I have just recently bought the adventures of Sherlock Holmes in The
Sign of Four and The Blue Carbuncle (BBC) starring Peter Cushing. I hope I'll be
able to buy more of these as they become available. Though TBC was good enough,
TSOF was not quite what I had expected (perhaps it was not dark enough for me).

sumalsn <no_reply@...> wrote:

Dear Holmesians,

Wish all of you a very happy Merry Christmas! That would be a great
idea. In fact , this adventure was my first introduction to the Canon.
It was prescribed reading in class VII in my english textbook. I was
keen to read more about him and that set me out on this fascinating
association with the Canon
Sumalsn






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