A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories

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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1787057674
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Download or read book A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Jay Ganguly and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are no strangers to peculiar cases. Be it the dilemma of an Indian princess on the run, perfectly healthy people dropping dead as divine punishment, being challenged to a duel, a heartbroken and suicidal young man, a beautiful woman claiming to be Mrs. Holmes, a little boy who loves his dog, an old Scottish ghost that traditionally haunts husbands of pregnant women - there is very little they haven’t seen (and solved). But, besides regular adventures, there are quite a few questions - Where was Holmes during the Great Hiatus? How was Sherlock Holmes as a child? Who was ‘the most repellent man’? What happened after ‘The Five Orange Pips’? What ingenious crime did Holmes solve by observing ‘the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day’? A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes brings together a baker’s dozen of such stories. These are all traditional-style pastiches published in various anthologies from 2015 - 2020, including the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. Jayantika Ganguly, better known as Jay, is an international Sherlockian from India who believes there can never be enough Sherlockian stories.

A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories

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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1787057666
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Jay Ganguly and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are no strangers to peculiar cases. Be it the dilemma of an Indian princess on the run, perfectly healthy people dropping dead as divine punishment, being challenged to a duel, a heartbroken and suicidal young man, a beautiful woman claiming to be Mrs. Holmes, a little boy who loves his dog, an old Scottish ghost that traditionally haunts husbands of pregnant women - there is very little they haven't seen (and solved). But, besides regular adventures, there are quite a few questions - Where was Holmes during the Great Hiatus? How was Sherlock Holmes as a child? Who was ‘the most repellent man'? What happened after ‘The Five Orange Pips’? What ingenious crime did Holmes solve by observing ‘the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day’? A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes brings together a baker’s dozen of such stories. These are all traditional-style pastiches published in various anthologies from 2015 - 2020, including the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. Jayantika Ganguly, better known as Jay, is an international Sherlockian from India who believes there can never be enough Sherlockian stories.

The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Ryerson Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes by : Arthur Conan Doyle

Download or read book The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Ryerson Press. This book was released on 1927 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are recounted in selected short stories and in two longer works, "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

The RETURN of SHERLOCK HOLMES (Illustrated)

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ISBN 13 : 9781798124932
Total Pages : 449 pages
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Download or read book The RETURN of SHERLOCK HOLMES (Illustrated) written by Arthur Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young gambler is found shot dead in a closed room. Dr. Watson, who still mourns the disappearance of his famous friend is intrigued enough to step out of his house and take a look at the crime scene. A crowd has gathered there, curiously gazing up at the room where the crime is supposed to have taken place. Watson inadvertently jostles against an elderly, deformed man and knocks a stack of books from the fellow's hand. The man curses Watson vilely and disappears into the throng. It suddenly occurs to Watson that one of the books that he had helped the stranger pick up had seemed familiar... Thus begins the first thrilling story, The Adventure of the Empty House, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was published after what Holmes enthusiasts call the Great Hiatus.The Return of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1905. In 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was completely exasperated by the seemingly endless appetite of readers who welcomed each new Sherlock Holmes story with the greatest delight. He wrote to his mother confessing that he was "thinking of slaying Holmes... He takes my mind from better things." His mother's famous reply, "You won't, you can't, you mustn't!" only echoed the voice of his readers. However, in 1893, Conan Doyle did the unthinkable; he finished off Holmes in the Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem and thought he had done with the man for good.He hadn't reckoned with his readers. There was a flood of protest. Letters to the editors of newspapers, a stream of mail to his publishers and himself, all demanding that Holmes be kept alive. Finally, he gave in and The Return of Sherlock Holmes was greeted with huge delight. Though The Hound of the Baskervilles came out in 1902, it was set in a time before Holmes' "death."The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 stories. Among them are The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, a tale of a reclusive old bachelor who suddenly vanishes, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a delightful puzzle involving a mysterious message that contains a series of stick figures, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist in which a lovely young governess is being stalked by a man on a bicycle, and many others. The last story, The Adventure of the Second Stain has Watson revealing that Holmes is now completely retired and would not like Watson to write any more stories about him!The Return of Sherlock Holmes is indeed a delightful continuation of the Holmes saga and a great addition to your repertoire!

The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories

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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 1101872616
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever assembled! Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about him almost as much as writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler collects eighty-three wonderful stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, published over a span of more than a hundred years. Featuring pitch-perfect cases by acclaimed modern-day Sherlockians Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches by literary luminaries both classic (P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy B. Hughes, Kingsley Amis) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Colin Dexter); and parodies by Conan Doyle’s contemporaries A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, and O. Henry, not to mention genre-bending cases by science-fiction greats Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock. No matter if your favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey, Jr., or Benedict Cumberbatch, whether you are a lifelong fan or only recently acquainted with the Great Detective, readers of all ages are sure to enjoy The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. Including - Over a century’s worth of cases, from Conan Doyle’s 1890s parodies of his own creation to Neil Gaiman’s “The Case of Death and Honey” (2011) - Appearances by those other great detectives Hercule Poirot and C. Auguste Dupin - 15 Edgar Award–winning authors and 5 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters - Stories by Laurie R. King, Colin Dexter, Anthony Burgess, Anne Perry, Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, and many, many more.

Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1849903670
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprinting of the first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, containing some of Conan Doyle's best known tales of murder and mystery. Includes a new introduction by Mark Gatiss, co-creator of the television series Sherlock.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date.[1] It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894.[2] It was the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, following The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Like the first it was illustrated by Sidney Paget.The twelve stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine from December 1892 to December 1893 as The Adventures number 13 to 24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the subheading "XXIV.-The Adventure of the Final Problem."[3]Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901-1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem". Next year a new series, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, begins with the aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes actually survived.

The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486482014
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes written by Raymond M. Smullyan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date.It was the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, following The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Like the first it was illustrated by Sidney Paget.The twelve stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine from December 1892 to December 1893 as The Adventures number 13 to 24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the subheading "XXIV.--The Adventure of the Final Problem."Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901-1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem". Next year a new series, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, begins with the aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes actually survived.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'. Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the woman - in the very first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia'. The editor of this volume, Richard Lance Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late in 1893 with 1894 date.[1] It was first published in the UK by G. Newnes Ltd., and was published in the US by Harper & Brothers in February 1894.[2] It was the second collection featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, following The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Like the first it was illustrated by Sidney Paget.The twelve stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine from December 1892 to December 1893 as The Adventures number 13 to 24. For instance, "The Final Problem" was published under the subheading "XXIV.-The Adventure of the Final Problem."[3]Doyle determined that these would be the last Holmes stories, and intended to kill off the character in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes novel in 1901-1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles, set before "The Final Problem". Next year a new series, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, begins with the aftermath of "The Final Problem", in which it is revealed that Holmes actually survived.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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ISBN 13 : 9781720034520
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur DOYLE and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes was initially published in 1894 after each of the individual stories contained within had appeared separately in The Strand magazine. This collection was the follow-up to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which introduced the detective and his loyal companion Dr. John Watson. The Memoirs are generally considered the superior to the collection which introduced the detective, but not as strong as the stories he solved in the next collection following his resurrection. Yes, indeed, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes draws to a close with Dr. John Watson disconsolate in his conviction that Holmes and his nemesis Prof. Moriarty fell to their deaths after a struggle atop Reichenbach Falls.Before Sherlock has that fateful meeting which may or not have played out as Watson imagines, he embarks upon a series of adventures that start off with a bang with his clever solving of the disappearance of a missing racehorse thanks to what the dog infamously did not do in the night. After that is a memorable tale of sibling rivalry and revenge gone wrong that kicks off with the arrival of one of the most gruesome clues in any Holmes mystery: two severed ears inside a box delivered to a home.From there the collection takes a slight dip in interest before spiking sharply as Holmes puts his powers to the test to solve a riddle that will reveal the whereabouts of one of the lost treasures of British history. A tepid visit to a friend of Dr. Watson turns out to be a chance for the reader to catch their breath before settling down into five of the strongest tales in the entire canon.The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ends with a whirlwind of tales including back to back adventures of some of the best revenge plots in the entire canon before introducing a trio of the most reprehensible villains who actually manage to escape the country before Holmes can apprehend them and yet another government official who nearly puts all of Europe into jeopardy with his exceptionally sloppy concept of security of state of secrets. All of which leads to the fever pitch of Holmes finally confronting the Napoleon of Crime, Prof. Moriarty, high over the raging waters of a waterfall.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473369460
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features 12 enthralling Sherlock Holmes stories, culminating in ‘The Final Problem’, which caused much uproar and controversy among the fictional detective’s loyal fans. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes features famous characters such as the detective’s brother, Mycroft Holmes, and the evil Professor Moriarty. Including a few of the author’s favourite Holmes stories, this volume is a vital instalment in the series. Culminating in an epic battle between the sleuthing detective and his arch nemesis, this collection captivates readers. The stories featured in this volume include: - The Adventure of the Yellow Face - The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk - The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual - The Adventure of the Reigate Squires - The Adventure of the Resident Patient - The Final Problem First published in The Strand Magazine between 1892 and 1893, the short stories collected in this volume feature the original illustrations by Sidney Paget. A specially commissioned introduction also features in this volume, alongside an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

The Original Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329249445
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book The Original Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FICTION HOUSE PRESS presents The Original Sherlock Holmes in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. It is a collection of 12 short stories which originally appeared in The Strand magazine in England from July 1891 to June 1892. They are presented in this book as facsimile reproductions of the originals. Included are: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781798544419
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book The Return of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sherlock Holmes met his demise in The Adventure of the Final Problem, published in 1893, the distress of the unsuspecting reading public was profound. For years fans showed no signs of letting Sherlock Homes lie down and die. Eventually, Doyle saw fit to continue his Holmes' canon and wrote a series of 13 short stories The Return of Sherlock Holmes published in 1905. The series begins, inevitably, with the shock re-appearance of the master detective in The Adventure of the Empty House.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9780368825712
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure-The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated

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Total Pages : 346 pages
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Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.