An edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
(1892)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. - Summary by David Clarke
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
1998, Distribuciones Fontamara
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in Spanish
- 3. ed.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1994-04, Berkley Prime Crime
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Table of Contents
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 Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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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
Also contained in:
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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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Short Stories
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Pace 2
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Dense
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Genres 2
Action
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Fantasy
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Humor
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Crime
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Mystery
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Horror
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Technical
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Poetry
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Based on a true story
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