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Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Mystery, Thriller and Adventure

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Language
English
First published
1892
Reading time
454 minutes
Chapters
12 chapters

About this book

Twelve short stories told by Dr Watson about his friend Sherlock Holmes, the London detective who solves cases by noticing what everyone else misses.

A king fears a scandal, a red-headed man is paid to copy out an encyclopedia, a young woman is frightened by a whistle in the night. First printed in The Strand Magazine and collected in 1892, these stories made Holmes famous around the world. Each one is a complete puzzle, ideal for a single sitting.

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one…

I. A Scandal in Bohemia

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Chapters

12 chapters
  1. I. A Scandal in Bohemia38 min
  2. II. The Red-Headed League40 min
  3. III. A Case of Identity31 min
  4. IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery42 min
  5. V. The Five Orange Pips32 min
  6. VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip40 min
  7. VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle34 min
  8. VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band43 min
  9. IX. The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb37 min
  10. X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor36 min
  11. XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet43 min
  12. XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches44 min

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