Product Description
What made Sherlock Holmes a household name and cultural icon? This very first collection of stories featuring the astute sleuth and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson. In these twelve ingenious mysteries, Holmes is embroiled in betrayal, abduction, thievery, deception, and murder. Relying on logic, driven by instinct, and employing his uncanny powers of observation, Holmes cracks the cases that elude Scotland Yard. For him, it’s rather elementary.
This Baker Street dozen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is all the evidence readers will need to understand why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring legend in detective fiction.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
About the Author
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. While enrolled, he began to write short stories and met contemporaries James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson. After graduating, he set up an independent physician practice. The business was not successful, so Doyle began writing fiction while waiting for patients. Today, he is known around the world as the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
The world’s greatest detective appeared in fifty-six short stories and four novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear. Sherlock Holmes has been adapted for countless television, film, and theater productions and continues to delight each new generation of mystery fans.
