The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate a variety of cases, often in London. The stories are worth listening to for their clever puzzles, deductive reasoning, and memorable characters.
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Opening of the book
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Frontispiece “THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW HANDED IT UP TO HER” [Page 238 ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES BY A. CONAN DOYLE AUTHOR OF “MICAH CLARKE” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED Logo NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE Copyright, 1892, by HĵǡǙŧǡ & BǡLjǵƒŧǡǪ. All rights reserved. CONTENTS PAGE I.—A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA 3 II.—THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE 29 III.—A CASE OF IDENTITY 56 IV.—THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY 76 V.—THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS 104 VI. —THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP 126 VII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE 153 VIII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 176 IX.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 205 X.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR 229
XI.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET 253 XII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES 280 ILLUSTRATIONS “THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PEW HANDED IT UP TO HER” Frontispiece “A MAN ENTERED” Facing p. 8 “THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND LOCKED” ″ 40 “ALL AFTERNOON HE SAT IN THE STALLS” ″ 46 “SHERLOCK HOLMES WELCOMED HER” ″ 60 “GLANCING ABOUT HIM LIKE A RAT IN A TRAP” ″ 72 “THEY FOUND THE BODY” ″ 80 “THE MAID SHOWED US THE BOOTS” ″ 92 “‘HOLMES,’ I CRIED, ‘YOU ARE TOO LATE’” ″ 122 “AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS SHE MET THIS LASCAR SCOUNDREL” ″ 134 “‘HAVE MERCY!’ HE SHRIEKED” ″ 172 “‘GOOD-BYE, AND BE BRAVE’” ″ 196 “‘NOT A WORD TO A SOUL’” ″ 214 “‘I WILL WISH YOU ALL A VERY GOOD NIGHT’” ″ 250 “I CLAPPED A PISTOL TO HIS HEAD” ″ 278 “‘I AM SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE COME’” ″ 292
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