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The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is part
of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at
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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior
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enduring works.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprises four novels and fifty-six short
stories revolving around the worlds most popular and influential fictional
detectivethe eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious Sherlock Holmes. He and his
trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step from Holmess comfortable quarters at 221b
Baker Street into the swirling fog of Victorian London to exercise that
unique combination of detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant
deduction. Inevitably, Holmes rescues the innocent, confounds the guilty,
and solves the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.
Volume I of The Complete Sherlock Holmes starts with Holmess first
appearance, A Study in Scarlet, a chilling murder novel complete with
bloodstained walls and cryptic clues, followed by the baffling The Sign of
Four, which introduces Holmess cocaine problem and Watsons future wife. The
story collections The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes feature such renowned tales as A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red
-Headed League, and The Musgrave Ritual.
Tired of writing stories about Holmes, his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
killed him off at the end of The Final Problem, the last tale in The Memoirs
. But the public outcry was so great that eight years later he published the
masterful The Hound of the Baskervilles, which supposedly takes place
before Holmess death.
The separate Volume II of The Complete Sherlock Holmes collects the
remaining accounts of Holmess exploits, including The Adventure of the Empty
House, which reveals the elaborate circumstances behind Holmess literary
resurrection.
Kyle Freeman, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast for many years, earned two
graduate degrees in English literature from Columbia University, where his
major was twentieth-century British literature. |
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