Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Doyle, Arthur Conan Conan (Author); Pears, Iain (Introduction by); Glinert, Ed (Notes by)

• ISBN13: 9780140437713
• ISBN10: 0140437711
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Sherlock Holmes's enigmatic personality and startling deductive skills have made him fiction's most popular detective. From his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street, Holmes's brooding figure emerges into the streets of Victorian London to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil. But without Holmes's devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, we should know nothing of the great man's successes (or occasional failure). In this volume, Watson records some of Holmes's greatest strokes of brilliance, including the delicate problem of 'A Scandal in Bohemia', the bizarre case of 'The Red-Headed League' and the deadly mystery of 'The Speckled Band'. And the moment when Holmes comes face to face with his nemesis in 'The Final Problem'.

Author Biography

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh and studied medicine. He began writing while he waited for his practice to grow and, with 1887's A Study in Scarlet, created Sherlock Holmes, one of the most famous literary characters of all time. He was a volunteer physician in the Boer War and wrote a book on spiritualism.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Further Reading	p. xviii
Chronology	p. xix
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia	p. 3
A Case of Identity	p. 27
The Red-Headed League	p. 45
The Boscombe Valley Mystery	p. 69
The Five Orange Pips	p. 94
The Man with the Twisted Lip	p. 113
The Blue Carbuncle	p. 137
The Speckled Band	p. 158
The Engineer's Thumb	p. 183
The Noble Bachelor	p. 204
The Beryl Coronet	p. 226
The Copper Beeches	p. 250
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Silver Blaze	p. 277
The Yellow Face	p. 302
The Stockbroker's Clerk	p. 321
The Gloria Scott	p. 339
The Musgrave Ritual	p. 358
The Reigate Squires	p. 377
The Crooked Man	p. 397
The Resident Patient	p. 415
The Greek Interpreter	p. 435
The Naval Treaty	p. 454
The Final Problem	p. 488
Notes	p. 507
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