The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publication Date: 15/04/2019

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The British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, a fictional private detective. He refers to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories. Holmes is famous for his keen observations, his forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the unbelievable. He uses these means for investigating cases for a wide circle of clients, including Scotland Yard.


The stories first appeared in print in 1887 with A Study in Scarlet. Holmes' popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, starting with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891. More stories appeared until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. These are all set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras (1880 - 1914). Most of these are narrated by Holmes's friend, Dr. Watson, who often accompanies Holmes during his investigations and with whom he often shares his residence at 221B Baker Street, London.


Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known fictional detective of all time. Now he is Widely considered a British cultural icon and the stories have been made into innumerable movies, plays and television series.


This collection includes all the published works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Sherlock's Holmes and are set to almost 100 illustrations.

ISBN:
1230003182949
1230003182949
Category:
Crime & mystery
Publication Date:
15-04-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Patristic Publishing
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).

This was followed in 1889 by an historical novel, Micah Clarke. In 1893 Conan Doyle published 'The Final Problem' in which he killed off his famous detective so that he could turn his attention more towards historical fiction. However Holmes was so popular that Conan Doyle eventually relented and published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901.

The events of the The Hound of the Baskervilles are set before those of 'The Final Problem' but in 1903 new Sherlock Holmes stories began to appear that revealed that the detective had not died after all. He was finally retired in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930.

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