The Adventure Of The Copper Beeches Is Definitely One Of My Favourite Holmes Stories And I Dont Quite

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches is definitely one of my favourite Holmes stories and I don’t quite understand why it isn’t more popular. Maybe because the plot might have been resolved without Holmes, as his role was rather a supporting and encouraging one to the female client.

The female client Violet Hunter is described as clever and very observant and I find it rather pleasant that Holmes is very galant in this one and is impressed by her rather than belittling her with his usual misogyny.

The rest of the story is written almost exclusively through Violet‘s explanations and it reads to me almost like a gothic novel and I am a little sad that there is no “Rebecca”-like Hitchcock adaptation of the case. The governant having to look after a child with sadistic tendencies, an old house that almost seems to be like a threat itself, a locked up wing in said house where the governant is not allowed to go in and a giant dog guarding the place.

The overall scenery is so gloomy and it embodies everything I love about these stories.

(An additional fun fact; I always liked the German translation, because there the trees are called Blutbuchen (i.e. blood beeches) instead of copper beeches, which adds to the ambience.

Jsme světoví :D

i was supposed to be cool and mysterious like sherlock holmes but instead I can't stop yapping about anything and everything that interests me in the slightest. like sherlock holmes

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