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'Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science'

For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange, almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination. They are intimately associated with late Victorian and Edwardian society, yet curiously... Read Full Overview

This early work is a collection of "Sherlock Holmes" stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1914. The stories of this collection include: "Silver Blaze", "The Speckled Band", "The Sign of Four", "A Scandal of Bohemia", "The Naval Treaty", "The Blue Carbuncle",... Read Full Overview

'Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science"For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange, almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination. They are intimately associated with late Victorian and Edwardian society, yet curiously timeless in their appeal... Read Full Overview

No characters in English literature since those in the Great Dickens gallery have taken so firm a hold upon the British and American imagination as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. This selection draws the best stories from the several Sherlock Holmes volumes, and shows how the... Read Full Overview

This volume includes: Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Naval Treaty, The Blue Carbuncle, The Greek Interpreter, The Red-Headed League, The Empty House, The Missing Three-Quarter, and His Last Bow.

This volume includes: Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Naval Treaty, The Blue Carbuncle, The Greek Interpreter, The Red-Headed League, The Empty House, The Missing Three-Quarter, and His Last Bow.