Reviews for The Valley of Fear

The average rating for The Valley of Fear based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-08-01 00:00:00 Scott Clark (A-) 81% | Very Good Notes: Typical vengeance flashback padding a Holmes mystery to novella length, but a decent one, and still a Holmes story.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-11-20 00:00:00 Hd Coelho The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) , Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision. From the cipher message and the second note, Holmes is able to deduce that it is a book-cipher and that the book used for the encryption is a common book, large (with at least 534 pages), printed in two columns per page, and standardised. An almanac fits these conditions exactly. Holmes tries the latest edition of Whitaker's Almanac, which he had only received a few days earlier, and fails; he then tries the previous edition. With this almanac, Holmes is able to decipher the message as a warning that "some devilry is intended against one "Douglas", a country gentleman residing at Birlstone House. Some minutes later, Inspector Macdonald arrives at Baker Street with news that a Mr. John Douglas of Birlstone Manor House, Birlstone, Sussex, has been murdered. Holmes tells MacDonald of Porlock's warning, suggesting Moriarty's involvement. However, MacDonald does not fully believe that the educated and well-respected Moriarty is a criminal. Holmes, Watson, and MacDonald travel to Birlstone House, an ancient moated manor house, to investigate the crime. ... تاریخ نخستین خوانش: یکی از روزهای سال 1999میلادی عنوان: دره وحشت؛ نویسنده: آرتور کانن دویل؛ مترجم: مژده دقیقی؛ تهران، شهر کتاب - هرمس ( کارآگاه )؛ 1378؛ در چهارده و 237ص؛ شابک 9646641695؛ چاپ دوم 1384؛ موضوع: داستانهای کارآگاهی و معمایی از نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 19م عنوان: دره وحشت و نشانه چهار؛ نویسنده: آرتور کانن دویل؛ مترجم: مژده دقیقی؛ تهران، شهر کتاب - هرمس ( کارآگاه )؛ 1388؛ در 434ص؛ شابک: 9789643636197؛ اسم من شرلوک هولمز است؛ کارم دانستن چیزهایی که دیگران نمیدانند، از طریق مشاهده، استنتاج و دانش داستان «دره ی وحشت» به رمان «اتود در قرمز لاکی» شباهت دارد، و دو بخش است: کارهای کارآگاهی «هولمز»، و داستان، که بازنگری رویدادهایی است، که به ماجرای طرح شده در بخش نخست، میپردازد؛ سپس هر دو بخش در پایاننامه به هم می‌پیوندند، که در داستان «دره وحشت» پایان خوشی بشمار نمی‌آید؛ «دره ی وحشت» نیز دوستارانی داشته، هرچند ناقدان آثار و هنرشناسان، داستانهای «اتود در قرمز لاکی»، و «نشانه چهار» را بیشتر دوست میدارند تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 12/08/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی