The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Certain characters work better in certain media. I'm sure there's some complex, deep McLuhanesque reason for that, but for me it's just a feeling I get - adapt the character into the wrong media and they end up looking like they're wearing someone else's shoes. Spider-Man, for example, works best in comic books; Batman in film.

Sherlock Holmes is a creature of the short story.

The stories here are perfect examples of what makes Holmes a classic character; problems come to his door, and no matter how bizarre or complex they seem, he manages to squirrel out a solution, sometimes within minutes, through the simple application of logic and reasoning. They're beautiful stories, in a way, with a clarity like crystal.