Collected Short Stories: Volume 2

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

In this second volume of all the collected works that feature Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson, the reader gets reacquainted with the great detective and his friend through 33 short stories and 2 novels with the added bonus of two Doyle written parodies as well as two essays by the author. Volume 2 begins with „The Hound of the Baskervilles”, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. Also in the collection is „The Return of Sherlock Holmes” which is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes short stories and includes „The Adventure of the Norwood Builder” and a dozen other enthralling tales. „His Last Bow” is a collection of eight stories. „The Valley of Fear” matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, in Volume II, we have another collection of superb short stories (12 in all) „The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes”. The book is based on various crimes occurring in England, big and small. Each of them have an unusual aspect to them that catches Holmes’ fantasy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788381155182
Publisher:	Ktoczyta.pl
Publication date:	04/03/2017
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	6 Years

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885