The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Iain Pears (Introduction), Ed Glinert (Noted by)

Overview

This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141904665
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	07/05/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
Sales rank:	598,475
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) took a degree in medicine at Edinburgh University before becoming a doctor in Southsea. He began writing detective stories to supplement his income and 'A Study in Scarlet' (1887) introduced his finest creation, the hawk-eyed detective, Sherlock Holmes.


Iain Pears is the is the best-selling author of six detective novels, including An Instance of the Finger Post.
Ed Glinert is a journalist and writer.

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

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