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Yana Babenko

Form 8

The Speckled Band

1. This book comes from England.
2. Arthur Conan Doyle is a famous English writer.
3. The title of the story is “The Speckled Band”.
4. The story is about a young lady who was in danger. She came to Mr. Sherlock Holmes to ask for help and he solved her difficult problem.
5. The young lady’s name was Helen Stoner. She was kind and pretty. Her stepfather’s name was Dr. Roylott. He was cruel and greedy. He did all his best to kill his one stepdaughter.
6. They lived at Stoke Moran. It was a dark and unhappy place to live. Helen’s sister died one night. They were twins. Helen suspected her stepfather of a crime. Mr. Sherlock Holmes understood that he tried to kill a young lady because of inheritance. It was a snake.
7. The end of the story was happy. Dr. Roylott died because of his snake and Helen Stoner was alive and happy to get married to her young man.
8. This story was also about Mr. Sherlock Holmes, a famous detective, whose method of solving the most difficult problems was to notice and analyze the smallest details, even if they seemed unimportant. I was impressed by his intelligence.
9. I liked the story very much, because it was a thrilling detective story about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. They were clever and helpful. They were always ready to help people in their hardships.