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 less

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Bangs, John Kendrick (Contributor)
Barr, Robert (Contributor)
Barrie, Sir James M. (Contributor)
Berkeley, Anthony (Contributor)
Boucher, Anthony (Contributor)
Christie, Agatha (Contributor)
Clendening, Logan (Contributor)
Crawfurd, Oswald (Contributor)
Derleth, August (Contributor)
Ferguson, Rachel (Contributor)
Fuller, William O. (Contributor)
Harte, Bret (Contributor)
Henry, O. (Contributor)
Kingsmill, Hugh (Contributor)
Leacock, Stephen (Contributor)
Leblanc, Maurice (Contributor)
Lehmann, R. C. (Contributor)
Mellett, Richard (Contributor)
Mitchell, Basil (Contributor)
Munkittrick, R. K. (Contributor)
Palmer, Stuart (Contributor)
Roberts, S. C. (Contributor)
Starrett, Vincent (Contributor)
Steele, Frederic Dorr (Contributor)
Twain, Mark (Contributor)
Wellman, Manly Wade (Contributor)
Wells, Carolyn (Contributor)
Zero (Contributor)

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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

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
819.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican literatures in English not requiring local emphasis
LCC
PZ1 .Q236 .MLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction in English
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