Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous detective. Volume II contains the fourth of the Sherlock Holmes novels, The Valley of Fear, in which Holmes memorably faces his malignant archenemy, Professor Moriarty. The short stories collected here include such celebrated gems as "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge," "The Adventure of the Red Circle," "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," and "His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes." With the stories from the final collection, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1927, this volume carries the venerable detective through to the very end of his enthralling four-decade career as one of the most beloved characters in literature.
Presents twelve of Holmes and Watson's best-known cases, including "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," The Five Orange Pips," "The Copper Beeches," and "A Scandal in Bohemia."
Stanley Hopkins and I stared in amazement. Something like a sneer quivered over the gaunt ... “I have forged and tested every link of my chain, Professor Coram, and I am sure that it is sound. What your motives are, or what exact part ...
In this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of his cunning or panache, and the magic remains unchanged and undimmed.
“When I first came up to London I had rooms in Montague Street, just round the corner from the British Museum, and there I waited, filling in my too abundant leisure time by studying all those branches of science which might make me ...
This beautiful new edition contains a new foreword by Ruth Rendell Four novels and fifty-six short stories The complete adventures of the original and best detective - MR SHERLOCK HOLMES Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character ...
The Sherlock Holmes Book, the latest in DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, tackles the most "elementary" of subjects--the world of Sherlock Holmes, as told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Shares twelve stories starring the legendary detective, including the novel "The Sign of the Four," in which Holmes investigates when a woman receives cryptic messages and valuable pearls after her father's sudden disappearance.
The eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes with the aid of Dr. Watson investigates strange and baffling mysteries.
Whether Victorian or modern, he continues to fascinate. These essays explain why he is destined to be with us for years to come. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The resulting stories are funny, haunting, thrilling, and surprising. All are unforgettable. The new collection promises more of the same!