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Graded reading course
Chapter1-3
Holmes Stories
By Authur Canon Doyle
The classic stories of Holmes
1887 – A Study in the Scarlet
1890 – The Sign of Four
1891 – The Red-Headed League
1892 – The Blue Carbuncle
1893 – The Cardboard Box
1904 – The Six Napoleons
1904 – The Second Stain
1910 – The Devil’s Foot
1913 – The Dying Detective
1926 – The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
“The Adventure of the Six Napoleons” was released in 1904. It can be read in the Return of Sherlock Holmes and tells the story of a case in which Holmes is hired to help locate someone who is seeking out and destroying busts of Napoleon, something which was probably a bit less odd in 1899 than it would be currently.
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Background information:
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821): The emperor of French, famous for his military talents in wars
He is talented in painting and writing.
Napoleon to Josephine
Napoleon to Josephine
I have your letter, my adorable love. It has filled my heart with joy...since I left you I have been sad all the time. My only happiness is near you. I go over endlessly in my thought your kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy. The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living, blazing fire in my heart and senses. When shall I be able to pass every minute near you, with nothing to do but to love you and nothing to think of but the pleasure of telling you of it and giving you proof of it? I have loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better. Ever since I have known you I adore you more every day. That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere "es all of a sudden." Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, Less graceful, less tender, less good.
But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind they set my very blood on fire. Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours,