Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I (Vintage Classics)
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I (Vintage Classics)
Paperback – Illustrated, April 14, 2020
Price
$13.49
Format
Paperback
Pages
928
Publisher
Vintage
Publication Date
Illustrated edition (April 14, 2020
ISBN-13
978-1984899538
Dimensions
5.18 x 1.52 x 7.98 inches
Weight
1.42 pounds
Description
About the Author SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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 and 150 short stories, as well as poems, plays, and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, whom he introduced in his first novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887), and last wrote about in short stories published in 1927.
Features & Highlights
- Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories
- contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world-famous detective.
- Volume I includes the novels and stories that introduced the brilliant and unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, to the world.
- A Study in Scarlet
- is a drama of long-simmering revenge that ranges from the fog-bound streets of London to the pioneer settlements of Utah.
- The Sign of Four
- weaves together a stolen treasure from India, poison darts, and double-crossing thieves, while
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- sets the legend of a diabolical hellhound and an old family curse against the backdrop of a moonlit moor. The short stories in this volume include such favorites as “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” and “The Final Problem,” tales that have thrilled generations of readers with Holmes’s astounding powers of deduction.
