Arthur Conan Doyle "The Speckled Band"

Category: Intermediate (B1-B2)

Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Speckled Band’ is one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many readers would include ‘The Speckled Band’ among their list of favourite Holmes outings. It’s easy to read Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories and enjoy them, with no additional analysis deemed necessary. But closer inspection reveals its links to previous detective fiction and the reasons for its status as one of the finest of Doyle’s short stories.

Text Analysis: Unique words: about 1,600 Total words: 4,400

Hard words: private detective, client, case, veil, twins, private income, inherit, gypsies, band, cheetah and baboon, fainted, handkerchief, examine, will, ceiling, safe, noose, lamp, inn

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