  I started reading the Wordsworth Classics reprints of the old Sherlock Holmes stories last night. Man, the type is tiny . There are 2 columns to the page, and the page is not that big. I'm not a quick reader (compulsively editing as I go doesn't help), but I was reading for maybe 2 hours and got friggin' nowhere! Still, I'm a big fan of Arthur Conan Doyle's work (note for bookstore owners - that comes under 'C' not 'D', I had trouble finding them). Holmes and Watson met the same way Tony and I did. They both needed a flat-mate, and were introduced by a mutual friend. 
