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This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled room in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

In his introduction, Iain Pears discusses characterization, the key themes of the stories and Victorian methods of deduction. This edition also includes a chronology, further reading and explanatory notes by Ed Glinert.
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Table of Contents

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A scandal in Bohemia --
The red-headed league --
A case of identity --
The Boscombe Valley mystery --
The five orange pips --
The man with the twisted lip --
The blue carbuncle --
The speckled band --
The engineer's thumb --
The noble bachelor --
The Beryl coronet --
The copper beeches. The memoires of Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze --
The yellow face --
The stockbroker's clerk --
The Gloria Scott --
The Musgrave ritual --
The Reigate squires --
The crooked man --
The resident patient --
The Greek interpreter --
The naval treaty --
The final problem ; Notes.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii).
Previously published as two separate vols. entitled: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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Series
Penguin Classics
Genre
Fiction.
Other Titles
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Adventures and the memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Copyright Date
2001

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.8
Library of Congress
PR4622 .A7 2001, PR4622.A7 2001

Contributors

Introduction
Iain Pears
Notes by
Ed Glinert

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxiii, 550 p. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3971574M
Internet Archive
adventuresofsher00doyl_3
ISBN 10
0140437711
ISBN 13
9780140437713
LCCN
2001279197
OCLC/WorldCat
46650831, 556409241, 1063426229
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0140437711
Google
QXkOuQEACAAJ
Library Thing
1222873
Goodreads
13459937

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