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"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration...
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"The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's archenemy, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked "The Final...
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"The Stockbroker's Clerk" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth of the twelve collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and third of eleven in most American ones (owing to the omission of the "scandalous" "Adventure of the Cardboard Box"). The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1893 and featured seven illustrations by Sidney Paget.
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"The Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919 and was collected later in “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale....
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"The Reigate Squires" was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Watson takes Holmes to a friend's estate near Reigate in Surrey to rest after a rather strenuous...
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From the beloved author behind Sherlock Holmes, a collection of fourteen exhilarating tales full of mummies, ghosts, adventure, and more.
Best known as the creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling tales of the supernatural and the corruption of technology. His sharp wit and chillingly detailed writing are at their peak in this diverse collection of adventures, ranging from the cunning escapades of a wartime strategist...
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These stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which were originally published, each one separately, between the years of 1891 and 1892, in the British newspaper The Strand Magazine and later compiled under the title of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, constitute the largest theme of his work and represent the cornerstone of detective stories.
In The Best Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this detective and his assistant, Dr. John H. Watson, will face...
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with an intriguing issue featuring 9 original tales of crime and mystery, plus a classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here's the lineup:
CANYON FODDER, by John H. Dromey THE SAN FRANCISCO ADVENTURE, by Hal Charles NO PLACE LIKE HOME, by Veronica Leigh THE THREE LITTLE BIGGS, by John M. Floyd THE CASE OF THE BELGRAVIA BEAST, by Gary Blackwood THE CELL PHONE, by Ellen Wight THE QUIGLEY METHOD, by Marlin Bressi...
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The most ESSENTIAL stories of the Sherlock Holmes canon -- with new essays and illustrations!
At last! The third of four volumes bringing together, in chronological order, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most important adventures of SHERLOCK HOLMES from a biographical point of view, augmented with insightful essays and striking illustrations.
The stories featured in this third volume of The Essential Sherlock Holmes include three adventures united...
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A treasure trove of mysteries drawn from the case files of the world's cleverest private investigators. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features many of the consulting detective's best-known cases. "A Scandal in Bohemia" finds Holmes matching wits with-and being outfoxed by-a beautiful American opera singer. A struggling shop owner stumbles into a lucrative side job, and a criminal conspiracy, in "The Red-Headed League." And in "The Adventure...
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Der arglose Ladenbesitzer Iabez Wilson ahnt nichts Böses, als er dem Bund der Rothaarigen beitritt. Erst die rätselhafte Auflösung dieses Vereins deutet auf ein schweres Verbrechen hin, und Sherlock Holmes muss sich in höchste Gefahr begeben ... Ein weiteres klassisches Abenteuer des größten Meisterdetektivs der Weltliteratur!
12) Sherlock Holmes - Skandal in Böhmen / Der blaue Karfunkel / Der Bund der Rothaarigen / Das leere
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Vier spannende Fälle für den größten Detektiv der Weltliteratur: "Skandal in Böhmen", "Der blaue Karfunkel", "Der Bund der Rothaarigen" und "Das leere Haus".
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'Sir - our client, Mr Robert Ferguson, has made an enquiry concerning vampires. Since we are an engineering firm, unfortunately the matter is not one upon which we can advise. Perhaps you can help.'
Holmes and Watson take on their strangest case yet when a distraught husband comes to them desperate to understand...
14) Silver Blaze
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Die BBC-Fernsehserie 'Sherlock' mit Benedict Cumberbatch und Martin Freeman in den Rollen von Holmes und Dr. Watson hat bei vielen Krimi-Freunden auch das Interesse an den 56 originalen Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geweckt. Hört hier eine Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichte im Original aus dem Band 'Die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes'.
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Die BBC-Fernsehserie 'Sherlock' mit Benedict Cumberbatch und Martin Freeman in den Rollen von Holmes und Dr. Watson hat bei vielen Krimi-Freunden auch das Interesse an den 56 originalen Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geweckt.
Hört hier eine Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichte im Original aus dem Band 'Die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes'.
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Tell me, Watson, do you get a creeping feeling when you watch the snakes in the zoo? That's how I feel when I see Milverton. I've met more than fifty murderers in my life, but he is worse than all of them.
In an attempt to save a woman's marriage, Holmes is forced to come face to face with one of his worst enemies:...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Missing: Mr Jeremiah Hayling, aged 26, a hydraulic engineer. He left his house at ten o'clock at night on the 9th of this month, and has not been heard from since.
When Watson's latest patient confronts him with a missing thumb and a horrifying story, he knows just where to turn. This is a case for Sherlock Holmes....
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
A valuable jewel known as the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from the jewel case of the Countess of Morcar yesterday. A reward of £1,000 has been offered by the countess for information leading to the stone's return ...
While the police work to trace a missing diamond, Holmes attempts to reunite a Christmas dinner and...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'Mr Holmes - I beg for your assistance. I cannot engage the police. If news of this dreadful scandal were to reach the public, the reputation of this university would be utterly destroyed.'
A leisurely research trip turns into a race against time when Professor Soames comes to Holmes and Watson with a bizarre...
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"El gato del Brasil" de Arthur Conan Doyle trata sobre un joven aristócrata inglés que se encuentra al borde de la ruina decide visitar a su primo millonario que acaba de regresar de Brasil. El joven descubre que, entre otras curiosas aficiones, su pariente tiene un inmenso e intrincado jardín tropical lleno de especies exóticas -con raras plantas, aves y reptiles- donde destaca un enorme e inquietante animal enjaulado: el gato de Brasil, cuyo...