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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

1892 · Short stories · Mystery

Open Library OL262421W

Twelve early cases, from a speckled band to a scandal in Bohemia, narrated by Dr. Watson. This is the collection that fixed Holmes in the popular imagination.

About the author

Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories invented a lasting shape for the detective tale: a client at the door, a clue others step over, and a companion who writes it down. More of this shelf for Arthur Conan Doyle.

Where to read it

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