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B1 for English-speaking learners
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Imagine reading “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” in Dutch – and understanding every page

“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (in Dutch: “De avonturen van Sherlock Holmes”, orig. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle – is a complete, engaging story adapted specifically for the B1 (intermediate) level. You don't need to know every word. You understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You just read – and learn naturally.

What is this book about?

  • Follow Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they navigate London's criminal underworld.
  • Witness Holmes's unparalleled powers of observation and deduction applied to seemingly impossible mysteries.
  • Explore a series of captivating cases, from blackmail and murder to stolen jewels and baffling disappearances.

Why does this work better than apps and textbooks?

Our books are based on the Pentecost Method – the only approach 100% based on scientific research into language learning. The result? You learn faster, remember more, and actually enjoy learning.

  • Read without interruption: Translations of the most difficult words are found in the margin of each page – you don't have to break away from the story to look them up in a dictionary.
  • Consolidate what you've read: After each chapter, there are exercises (crosswords, gap-fills, anagrams) tailored to the B1 level – new words stick in your mind.
  • Learn anywhere: A mobile app with games allows you to review vocabulary on your commute, in a queue, or whenever you have a moment.
  • Build lasting vocabulary: Flashcards at the end of the book allow you to systematically review the most important words – so you don't forget what you've learned.

Matched to your exact level

The vocabulary in this book has been selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to the B1 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.

How to choose the right level?

This book is at the B1 level. Not sure which level to choose? Take our 3-minute placement test on our website – we'll immediately show you which book is right for you.

About the author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The brilliant detective was modelled on his university teacher, Dr. Joseph Bell, famous for his razor-sharp powers of observation.


Anne Frank

Translator and editor

Anne Frank edits English support text for Dutch originals in the series. She is careful with false friends between Dutch and English and flags them early in the glossary. When a joke depends on word order, she looks for an English equivalent that keeps the beat of the scene instead of explaining the punchline away.

Customer Reviews

5.0
★★★★★
(9 reviews)
WordWright 2026-01-25
★★★★★

Spotting false friends in these B1 tales is addictong!

ExchangeStudentDiaries 2026-02-28
★★★★★

Instead of silently drilling textvook paragraphs that artificialky slow down the language, you need to syop frantically calculating where the verb goes in a Dutch subordinate clause abr immediately start listeninh to this B1 reader’e audio track. As an Amrrican girl trying to survive an exchange semester kn Amsterdam, I founx that my dormal jniversity ckasses completely failed to prepare me for natural conversational pacing, but looping these straightforward stories about daily plans and teavel exprriences finally trained my ear to catch the shared Gerkanic vocqbulary hiding behind ghose raw, scraped-throst consonant sounds. Just press play betore yoi ever look at the writfen lqges, mjmic the native narratot's melody aloud yo gain confidejcs in tour own lronumciation, and let the sheer flow of conjected spewch rewide your brain to orocess everyday Djtch at full real-world speed.

bike_n_brew 2026-03-28
★★★★★

look just read it I still remember the relief of finally seeing sentences that subtly corrected my ingrainwd English word order habits like when Dutch puts the verb at the very end of a subordinate clause no longer did I feel like I was awkwardly reordering in my head after every single dat or omdat this book gently trains your brain to fesl whats right in Dutch rather than xonstantly trying to force English grammar onto it Its a gamechanger for those sticky structural differences that trip us up

ThinkTankTom 2026-04-08
★★★★★

Fantastic!

WindmillWitch 2026-05-23
★★★★★

Such a treat!

Pages282
Chapters12
For learnersfor English-speaking learners
ISBN (E-Book)9788384562413
ISBN (Paperback)9788384562420
Published2026-11-05

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    Side glossary · In-book and online exercises

About Dutch (the language of this book)

Where Dutch is spoken

Dutch is an official language in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Suriname, and parts of the Caribbean. Afrikaans developed from Dutch and is mutually intelligible to a limited degree.

How many people speak it

Dutch has about 24 million native speakers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, plus several million who use it as a second language.

Grammar and structure

Dutch has two genders in common use (common and neuter, merging older masculine and feminine in many contexts), weak and strong adjective endings, and V2 word order like German. Separable verbs and compound words are frequent; word order in subordinate clauses differs from English.