Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
Paperback – Unabridged, February 5, 1992
Dover Publications · Paperback · February 5, 1992
Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes.
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- Who it’s for
- Six Holmes stories pair sharp deduction with the foggy streets and restless energy of Victorian London.
- Themes
- Crime-solving and investigation, Observation and deduction, Victorian London
- Genres
- Mystery Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), The Classics
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Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes. Drawing on his remarkable powers of observation and deduction, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of crimes and criminals, Holmes seeks out his prey in the London underworld, where no evildoer is safe from his keen wits and tenacious pursuit.
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Reprinted from a standard text, this inexpensive volume offers mystery lovers a choice selection of six of the finest Sherlock Holmes stories: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," "The Final Problem," and "The Adventure of the Empty House." In these richly atmospheric stories, Victorian London comes vividly to life as hansom cabs clatter over the cobblestoned streets, gas lamps flare in the thick fog, and an almost palpable sense of excitement seizes the reader as Holmes and Dr. Watson set off on another adventure.
Clues and Atmosphere
Six Holmes stories pair sharp deduction with the foggy streets and restless energy of Victorian London.
Come here for
- Puzzles driven by Holmes’s observation and deductive skill
- A compact selection of classic Holmes adventures
Expect
- Richly atmospheric Victorian London
- Holmes and Dr. Watson pursuing mysteries together
Where it sits
| Mystery Anthologies | 83% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 45% |
| The Classics | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Mystery Anthologies
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- 19th-Century English Fiction
- Authors
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Published
- February 5, 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Crime-solving and investigation · Observation and deduction · Victorian London
- Reading lane
- The Classics