by Mark Williams · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781540497529
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«Sherlock Holmes re-told for children: The Blue Carbuncle» is the children's adaptation of Mark Williams' detective story, in paperback (70 pp., in English).
Holmes and Watson investigate in London the disappearance of a valuable blue carbuncle, a jewel whose theft triggers the case. The adaptation brings Arthur Conan Doyle's story closer to children with current, accessible English, preserves the detective mystery and softens the darker aspects of the Victorian era.
First volume of the Classics For Kids: Sherlock Holmes series. British English edition, published in 2016.
Recommended for children aged 9 to 12 who are starting to read mystery in English and want to discover Sherlock Holmes.
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Clifton Mark Williams is a New Zealand poet, writer, academic, critic, editor of contemporary New Zealand literature. He holds a MA (Hons) from the University of Auckland and a Ph.D. (1983) from the University of British Columbia. He is emeritus Professor of English at Victoria University of Wellington.
