The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Sherlock Holmescomprised of 4 full-length novels and 56 short stories featuring the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective. Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1867 and 1927, the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning and expert sleuthing to solve an arraying of complex and harrowing cases. From his home – 221B Baker Street in London - the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion and chronicler, Dr. Watson) baffled policemen and became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations and even more eccentric habits.

Featuring a foreword from renowned Holmes scholar, Daniel Stashower, (author of A Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes in America), The Complete Sherlock Holmes contains every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written. From Holmes’ first appearance in “A Study in Scarlet” (1887) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-1902), through the collection of stories in the The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, this deluxe edition boasts the entire Holmes catalogue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610589734
Publisher:	Race Point Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Knickerbocker Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1200
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first story at the tender age of six. Though he later schooled and trained to become a physician, he carried his love of story-telling with him and authored his first Sherlock Holmes tale, “A Study in Scarlet,” in 1887. The character, Holmes, was modeled after fellow physician and surgeon, Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been known for his acute powers of deductive observation.   In his real life, Doyle worked in the name of justice too. He personally investigated two cases of innocent men who had been wrongfully imprisoned and helped to get them exonerated for their “crimes.”
Doyle married twice (his first wife, Louisa Hawkins, died from tuberculosis) and fathered 5 children. He became intensely interested in the spiritualism following numerous deaths in his life, including Louisa and his son, Kingsley.

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

Table of Contents

	A Study in Scarlet
Part 1	Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department.
1	Mr. Sherlock Holmes	15
2	The Science of Deduction	19
3	The Lauriston Garden Mystery	25
4	What John Rance Had to Tell	32
5	Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor	36
6	Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do	41
7	Light in the Darkness	46
Part 2	The Country of the Saints
1	On the Great Alkali Plain	52
2	The Flower of Utah	58
3	John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet	62
4	A Flight for Life	65
5	The Avenging Angels	71
6	A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.	76
7	The Conclusion	83
	The Sign of Four
1	The Science of Deduction	89
2	The Statement of the Case	94
3	In Quest of a Solution	97
4	The Story of the Bald-headed Man	100
5	The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge	106
6	Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration	110
7	The Episode of the Barrel	115
8	The Baker Street Irregulars	122
9	A Break in the Chain	128
10	The End of the Islander	134
11	The Great Agra Treasure	139
12	The Strange Story of Jonathan Small	143
	Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
	A Scandal in Bohemia	161
	The Red-headed League	176
	A Case of Identity	190
	The Boscombe Valley Mystery	202
	The Five Orange Pips	217
	The Man with the Twisted Lip	229
	The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle	244
	The Adventure of the Speckled Band	257
	The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb	273
	The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor	287
	The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet	301
	The Adventure of the Copper Beeches	316
	Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
	Silver Blaze	335
	The Yellow Face	350
	The Stock-broker's Clerk	362
	The "Gloria Scott"	373
	The Musgrave Ritual	386
	The Reigate Puzzle	398
	The Crooked Man	411
	The Resident Patient	422
	The Greek Interpreter	435
	The Naval Treaty	447
	The Final Problem	469
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes
	The Adventure of the Empty House	483
	The Adventure of the Norwood Builder	496
	The Adventure of the Dancing Men	511
	The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist	526
	The Adventure of the Priory School	538
	The Adventure of Black Peter	558
	The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton	572
	The Adventure of the Six Napoleons	582
	The Adventure of the Three Students	596
	The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez	607
	The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter	622
	The Adventure of the Abbey Grange	635
	The Adventure of the Second Stain	650
	The Hound of the Baskervilles
1	Mr. Sherlock Holmes	669
2	The Curse of the Baskervilles	673
3	The Problem	679
4	Sir Henry Baskerville	685
5	Three Broken Threads	692
6	Baskerville Hall	698
7	The Stapletons of the Merripit House	704
8	First Report of Dr. Watson	712
9	Second Report of Dr. Watson	716
10	Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson	726
11	The Man on the Tor	732
12	Death on the Moor	740
13	Fixing the Nets	747
14	The Hound of the Baskervilles	754
15	A Retrospection	761
	The Valley of Fear
Part 1	The Tragedy of Birlstone
1	The Warning	769
2	Sherlock Holmes Discourses	774
3	The Tragedy of Birlstone	779
4	Darkness	784
5	The People of the Drama	791
6	A Dawning Light	798
7	The Solution	806
Part 2	The Scowrers
1	The Man	815
2	The Bodymaster	820
3	Lodge 341, Vermissa	830
4	The Valley of Fear	839
5	The Darkest Hour	846
6	Danger	853
7	The Trapping of Birdy Edwards Epilogue	865
	His Last Bow
	The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
1	The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles	869
2	The Tiger of San Pedro	877
	The Adventure of the Cardboard Box	888
	The Adventure of the Red Circle	901
	The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans	913
	The Adventure of the Dying Detective	932
	The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax	942
	The Adventure of the Devil's Foot	954
	His Last Bow	970
	The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
	The Adventure of the Illustrious Client	984
	The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier	1000
	The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone	1012
	The Adventure of the Three Gables	1023
	The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire	1033
	The Adventure of the Three Garridebs	1044
	The Problem of Thor Bridge	1054
	The Adventure of the Creeping Man	1070
	The Adventure of the Lion's Mane	1083
	The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger	1095
	The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place	1102
	The Adventure of the Retired Colourman	1113

Editorial Reviews

Sherlock Holmes is the very foundation stone of the edifice that is crime fiction.”
— The Times

From the Publisher

Simon Vance can hardly be equaled as a Holmes narrator. He carries the stories with cultured British upper-crust intonation, merging seamlessly into characterizations that are distinct, believable, and enjoyable. The variety of characters comes across as realistic, and that includes the various British classes of the time as well as foreigners of various nationalities, including an accurate portrayal of Americans. The Holmes aficionado has quite a variety of productions from which to choose. But Simon Vance is among AudioFile’s Golden Voices; it’s hard to beat that. D.R.W. 2014 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2014 - AudioFile