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These 12 short stories first appeared in The Strand magazine during 1891-2, and were published in book form in the latter year. Sherlock Holmes - had made his debut five years earlier in A Study in Scarlet, but it was this collection that established him as a detective nonpareil, and Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the most popular writers of the day. In 'The Red-Headed League', pawnbroker Jabez Wilson responds to an advertisement calling for a new recruit to that mysterious association. His hair colour secures him an undemanding, well-paid job - until the day he arrives for work to discover that the League has been summarily dissolved. Hydraulics expert Victor Hatherley also accepts a lucrative offer in 'The Engineer's Thumb', and receives a severed digit into the bargain. In 'The Blue Carbuncle' a fabulous gemstone turns up in a goose's throat. A terrified woman fears she will meet the same fate as her twin sister in 'The Speckled Band'. Sherlock Holmes takes these and other curiosities effortlessly in his stride. No matter how bizarre the facts, Holmes applies his forensic skills and towering intellect to the problem, and the truth will out.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.
Contains:
Scandal in Bohemia
Red-headed League
Case of Identity
Boscombe Valley Mystery
Five Orange Pips
Man with the Twisted Lip
Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Adventure of the Speckled Band
Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
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Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I
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Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
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Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II
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Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
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Original Illustrated 'Strand' Sherlock Holmes
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