The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget.
These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.
Contains:
Scandal in Bohemia
Red-headed League
Case of Identity
Boscombe Valley Mystery
Five Orange Pips
Man with the Twisted Lip
Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Adventure of the Speckled Band
Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes
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Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I
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Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
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Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II
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Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
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Original Illustrated 'Strand' Sherlock Holmes
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