The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes is a series of three annotated books edited by Leslie S. Klinger, collecting all of Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes. The books were originally published by W. W. Norton in oversized slipcased hardcover editions. The first two volumes containing the short stories were published on November 17, 2004, with the third volume containing the novels following a year later on November 17, 2005.[1][2] Each volume was subsequently published separately on November 5, 2007, without a slipcase.
 Slipcase containing Volumes 1 and 2 | |
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | November 17, 2004 (Vol. 1 & 2) November 17, 2005 (Vol. 3) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 1878 (Vol. 1 & 2) 992 (Vol. 3) |
| ISBN | 978-0393059168 (Vol. 1 & 2) 978-0393058000 (Vol. 3) |
| Preceded by | The Annotated Sherlock Holmes by William S. Baring-Gould |
Reception edit
The publication of the Sherlock Holmes canon was released to "enormous critical acclaim",[3] having been called "definitive",[4] "A must-have for any serious mystery fan",[5] and "a landmark in Sherlockian publishing."[6] The books, like other Sherlockian works, assume an in-universe perspective—that Holmes and Watson are real persons, with Doyle merely being a literary agent—and some of the scholarship is only pseudo-serious.[7]
In a less positive review, Richard Posner declared his view that Sherlock Holmes and the Holmes stories were "wildly overrated" and called the annotated volumes "an eccentric venture."[8] Almost ten years later, Posner would be one of the judges involved in the lawsuit against Conan Doyle Estate Ltd filed by Klinger himself.[9]
References edit
- ^ "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes | W. W. Norton & Company". Books.wwnorton.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes | W. W. Norton & Company". Books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Boström, Mattias (2018). From Holmes to Sherlock. Mysterious Press. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-8021-2789-1.
- ^ Alfred Hickling (4 December 2004). "Review: The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes edited by Leslie S Klinger". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Redmond, Chistopher (2009). Sherlock Holmes Handbook (Second Edition). Dundurn. p. 83. ISBN 9781770705920.
- ^ Goldfarb, Clifford. "Holmes: The game is truly afoot". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Posner, Richard (11 October 2004). "Posner Reviews Annotated Sherlock Holmes". The New Republic. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Boström, Mattias (2018). From Holmes to Sherlock. Mysterious Press. pp. 484–485. ISBN 978-0-8021-2789-1.