Sherlock Holmes: Complete (56) Stories (Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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This collection contains all 56 illustrated stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the world's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes. Included are original illustrations from The Strand magazine.

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I guess I appreciate the legacy and the pastiches much more than I do the actual original. And mostly I put that down to finding Holmes absolutely insufferably arrogant (I realise many people find that part of his charm, but I don't.)

This is, I think, one character best viewed through a filter made by someone else.
I like this story!!
I like mistery very much.
Holmes is very clever.He solved a lot of problem.
He is a reliable person. So,I respect him!!
5 volumes in 1: Adventures, Memoirs, Return, Last Bow, Case BookTitle page wanting
Yksissä kansissa monta Sherlock Holmes -kertomusta eri kirjoista. Kertomukset ovat vaihtelevia, ja niitä voi hyvin lukea yhden tai useamman kerralla. Jotkin kertomukset ovat jännittävämpiä ja mielenkiintoisempia kuin toiset.
Kirjan lopussa on lista viitteistä, joita itse tarinoihin ei ole kuitenkaan merkitty. Toisaalta viitteet ovat hyvät, sillä ne selventävät mahdollisia aukkoja tarinoissa ja antavat lisätietoa. Toisaalta on kuitenkin hankalaa selata tarinan ja viitteiden välillä (jos viitteet haluaa lukea sitä mukaan kuin mihin ne tekstissä viittaavat).

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The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in show more 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Sherlock Holmes: Complete (56) Stories (Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book) (56 | Adventures, Memoirs, Return, His Last Bow, & The Case-Book)
People/Characters
Sherlock Holmes; John H. Watson (M.D.); Inspector G. Lestrade; Inspector Tobias Gregson
Important places
London, England, UK; 221B Baker Street, London, England, UK; Diogenes Club, Pall Mall, London, England, UK
Disambiguation notice
This work contains Conan Doyle's complete Sherlock Holmes short stories, fifty-six in all, but none of his novels.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.8Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1837-1899
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PZ3 .D77Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English
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