The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Ellery Queen (Editor)
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First published in 1944, this is an anthology of parodies and pastiches, and comprises of a collection of more than 30 stories-written by detective story writers, famous literary figures, humorists and others-of burlesques and pastiches of the famous detective that represent the highlights of character, style, idiosyncrasies, deduction associated with Sherlock Holmes. Barrie, O'Henry, Clendening, Agatha Christie, Anthony Berkeley are but a few of the others, out of print or collectors' show more items, here reprinted for the first time. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Original title
- The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Original publication date
- 1944
- People/Characters
- Sherlock Holmes; John H. Watson
- Important places
- 221B Baker Street, London, England, UK
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Contains:
- Part One: By Detective-Story Writers
- The Great Pegram Mystery / Robert Barr
- Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late / Maurice Leblanc
- The Adventure of the Clothes-Line / Carolyn Wells
- ... (show all)The Unique Hamlet / Vincent Starrett
- Holmes and the Dasher / Anthony Berkeley
- The Case of the Missing Lady / Agatha Christie
- The Adventure of the Illustrious Imposter / Anthony Boucher
- The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore / Ellery Queen
- The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm / Stuart Palmer
- Part Two: By Famous Literary Figures
- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators / Sir James M. Barrie
- A Double-Barrelled Detective Story / Mark Twain
- The Stolen Cigar Case / Bret Harte
- The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes / O. Henry
- Part Three: By Humorists
- The Umbrosa Burglary / R.C. Lehmann
- The Stranger Unravels a Mystery / John Kendrick Bangs
- Shylock Holmes: His Posthumous Memoirs / John Kendrick Bangs
- Maddened by Mystery; or, The Defective Detective / Stephen Leacock
- An Irreducible Detective Story / Stephen Leacock
- Part Four: By Devotees and Others
- The Adventure of the Table Foot / Zero (Allan Ramsay)
- The Sign of the “400” / R.K. Munkittrick
- Our Mr. Smith / Oswald Crawfurd
- The End of Sherlock Holmes / A.E.P
- The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle / August Derleth
- The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel / William O. Fuller
- The Ruby of Khitmandu / Hugh Kingsmill
- His Last Scrape; or, Holmes, Sweet Homes! / Rachel Ferguson
- The Adventure of the Murdered Art Editior / Frederic Dorr Steele
- The Cantebury Cathedral Murder / Frederic Arnold Kummer and Basil Mitchell
- The Case of the Missing Patriarchs / Logan Clendening
- The Case of the Diabolical Plot / Richard Mellett
- Christmas Eve / S.C. Roberts
- The Man Who Was Not Dead / Manly Wade Wellman
- Part One: By Detective-Story Writers
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 819.6 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American literatures in English not requiring local emphasis
- LCC
- PZ1 .Q236 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
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