Cover of Sherlock Holmes Collection

Sherlock Holmes Collection

by Unknown Author

1344 pages2014HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780007569519

About this book

<p>Collins Classics brings you a selection of the best-loved stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of literature's favourite detectives, Sherlock Holmes.</p><br/> <p>Who introduced Dr Watson to the world's greatest detective? What killed Sir Charles Baskerville? And how did Sherlock Holmes escape certain death at the Reichenbach Falls? This collection of original tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reveals all!</p><br/> <p>Since his debut in the Strand magazine over a hundred years ago, Sherlock Holmes and his thrilling adventures have entertained millions of readers – rediscover the original stories that made Holmes a household name.</p><br/> <p>THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of Victorian London and an English countryside heaving with secret menace, these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson.</p><br/> <p>THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: Conan Doyle's best known novel follows Holmes and Watson as they investigate the mysterious demise of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose body is found on the desolate Devonshire moors. Is his death related to a supernatural curse?</p><br/> <p>THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Three years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the torrent of the Reichenbach Falls, a mysterious figure appears to the ever-loyal Dr Watson.</p><br/> <p>Complete with a Life &amp;amp; Times section, which offers insight into the author, his works and the time of publication, and a handy glossary adapted from the Collins English Dictionary, this Collins Classics Collection will enhance your reading experience of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published
2014
Pages
1344
ISBN
9780007569519
Language
eng

About Unknown Author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

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