The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by British writer 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 …
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by British writer 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. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favourite.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Paperback, 317 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 1974 by Barnes & Noble Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7607-1577-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1280783513
Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes
Paperback, 288 pages
Italiano language
Published by Newton Compton.
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- 978-88-541-2018-1Copied ISBN!
Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2008
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- 978-1-4058-6242-4Copied ISBN!
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Illustrated Edition
English language
Published April 15, 2017
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- 978-1-5210-7513-5Copied ISBN!
Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes
119 pages
Italian language
Published Sept. 23, 2002 by Fabbri.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-451-2827-1Copied ISBN!
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Sept. 23, 1993
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85326-033-9Copied ISBN!
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Sept. 3, 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-311702-5Copied ISBN!
Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5371-8943-7Copied ISBN!
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and other stories
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2011
- ISBN:
- 978-1-60710-211-3Copied ISBN!
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Sept. 23, 1998
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-283508-6Copied ISBN!
Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
351 pages
Spanish language
Published Sept. 23, 1990
- ISBN:
- 978-84-207-3953-3Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 18111262
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Large Print Gift Edition
English language
Published March 10, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4961-1816-5Copied ISBN!
The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2008
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-953695-5Copied ISBN!
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-910281-77-2Copied ISBN!
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