I want to read Sherlock Holmes

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Are there any nice box sets out there and, perhaps more importantly, is there a cheap way of getting hold of the first book (just to see if I get on with the writing style)?

 

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I just read the first chapter of a Study in Scarlet and I have to say I was very surprised by the language. As you say it's not consistent with my expectations of that era and was in fact very readable.

Amazon seem to do a nice 6 book box-set for just a smidgen under £30. Waterstones are selling that Wordsworth edition with it all in one. I may pay a visit to see what the quality is like. It appears to be in a non-chronological order (not sure if that's correct or not)?