The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0034DGXGK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Featured stories in this collection include several of the author's personal favorites: "A Scandal in Bohemia" — in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover and Holmes matches wits with the only woman to attract his open admiration — plus "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Five Orange Pips." Additional mysteries include "The Blue Carbuncle," "The Engineer’s Thumb," "The Beryl Coronet," "The Copper Beeches," and four others.. Follow the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892. Watson — as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases
"Prebble's performance is spot on; he ably and admirably assumes the tales' many voices and dialects." ---Library Journal Audio Review
Jenniferlll said My favorite book of all time!. I only got around to reading Sherlock Holmes this year, despite it being a classic must-read. I only really knew Holmes by the campy movies, with his silly hat, tweed coat and magnifying glass. It wasn't until the movies starring Robert Downey Jr came out that I began to gain interest. I watched the first film, and was surprised by how engaging it was. Then the second came out, and became one of my favorite movies. I started looking for new things involving Sherlock Holmes, and I reali. It is elementary my dear reader that Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in all of world literature! C. M Mills A foggy night in London as smoke and rain emanate from the beehive of Victorian London. A hansom cab is inhabited by consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his chronicler Dr.John H. Watson. The creator of the Holmes canon is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) who gave up his medical practice for professional writing. Doyle wrote fifty-six Holmes short stories and four Holmes novels. The first two collections of Holmes stories are included in the The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock. "Bad Formatting" according to NJPete. Even with an updated version, this still has no table of contents. There is no way to find a story without scrolling every page. Not worth the free download.