Personal Library -- Sherlock Holmes the Detective

Author: (English) Conan Doyle
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: A master of logical reasoning, a story worth reading multiple times. The name Sherlock Holmes has almost become synonymous with the archetype of a great detective, but do you know how he solves one case after another? Why is he always so keen on tracking down criminals? The ancients said, "Travel ten thousand miles and read ten thousand books." For modern people, traveling ten thousand miles is easy, but reading ten thousand books is difficult. The wheels of technology are sweeping across the world at an astonishing speed. Modern people, busy with computers and all kinds of machines all day, have turned the Earth into a village with wires, fiber optic cables, tracks, or air routes. With a click of the mouse, we can paste ourselves anywhere in the world. However, in the face of vast civilizations, lacking the foundation of reading ten thousand books, we not only frequently encounter the awkwardness of "meeting face to face but not recognizing each other," but we also constantly accumulate the strangeness that originates from the depths of our hearts. For this, we yearn for a deeper understanding, for a connection of the soul; we yearn for a return to a way of traveling—before traveling ten thousand miles, first pack a few books into our spiritual backpacks, so that our steps and souls can go further. A journey of the soul does not require "writing essays in youth and exhausting oneself in studies in old age," nor does it require hanging a rope to study or stealing light through a wall. It also does not require a red sleeve to add fragrance or a book in hand never put down. A journey of the soul only requires reading a few classics in leisurely moments. Novels, essays, and poetry can all be made into soup for the soul; buses, subways, and even the palms of our hands can be our desks. Therefore, we have tailored a "pocket library" for busy urban dwellers. Classics are the soul of the library; easy to absorb is the essence of the library; reading anytime, anywhere, and in any way is the purpose of the library. The selected titles in the library are all timeless classics that have been refined through the trials of different civilizations; the illustrations, carefully chosen and painstakingly collected from hundreds of rare books and private collections, are a true restoration of the essence of the classics. The small format design makes it as clever as a wallet; the special printing process makes every book "filled with the fragrance of hidden incense." Classics are not afraid of time, but life cannot withstand the erosion of "time flies." The charm of classics is better seen than heard. It is better to use them to patch the gaps in our time, to add value to the fragments of our days; it is better to use on-the-go reading to gather wisdom piece by piece, and to understand life in the journey of the soul. Reading classics, with the least travel expenses, to reach the furthest reaches of life.