L' avventura del pollice dell'ingegnere. Testo inglese a fronte. Ediz. bilingue

The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb takes its name from the basic fact that an engineer, by the name of Victor Hatherley, has had his thumb chopped off in a murderous attack. Hatherley had been employed by a shadowy German figure to repair a hydraulic press, and when the engineer had found out too Leggi tutto

3.75 stars for "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," one of the Sherlock Holmes stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (which is a Kindle freebie, at least on Project Gutenberg). An injured gentleman is brought to Dr. Watson's medical office: his thumb has been cut clean off (ouch! Leggi tutto

Este relato también me pareció súper divertido porque empieza de una manera muy extraña, con un hombre con un pulgar cercenado y con un encargo extraño que le hicieron unos supuestos alemanes para que fuera a revisar una prensa hidráulica. Al final todo termina siendo una historia súper extraña que Leggi tutto

7.3/10 This starts a bit different. Here we have Watson bringing a client to Holmes. It all begins when a man is in need of Watson's medical skills. The person is an engineer and has lost his thumb. But it wasn't an accident.. After attending the patient, Watson listens to his story about what happene Leggi tutto

Medium as usual, even a bit darker than other stories involving Holmes. The only bright idea is Sherlock's assumption that the carriage moved in a sort of circle, so the distance from the railway station to the house is almost zero.

3.75 stars Not a mystery in the classic sense of the word, but quite enjoyable nonetheless.

شيرلوك هولمز❤️ ❤️ أذكي وأنبغ وأجرأ تحري خاص في عالم الروايات قدرته المدهشة علي استخلاص الحقائق من تفاصيل صغيرة تُدهشك 😎😎... يفقد مهندس هيدروليكي إبهامه وتُرشده الصدفة إلي الدكتور واطسون الذي يقدمه لشيرلوك هولمز ويبدأ في سرد مغامراته مع تعقيبات للمتحري خاصتنا مما يجعله يكتشف عصابة لتزوير العملة ... است Leggi tutto