The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

1900

action & adventure fiction
adventure stories
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andamanese
anglo-saxons
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anonymity

The story

Contains: - [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262421W/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes) [Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W/A_Scandal_in_Bohemia) [Red-Headed League](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262476W/The_Red-Headed_League) [Case of Identity](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929939W/A_Case_of_Identity) [Boscombe Valley Mystery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18495288W/The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery) [Five Orange Pips](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518120W/Five_Orange_Pips) [Man with the Twisted Lip](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930258W/Man_With_the_Twisted_Lip) [Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518317W/Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle) [Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W/Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band) [Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W/Adventure_of_the_Engineer's_Thumb) [Adventure of the Noble Bachelor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929841W/Adventure_of_the_Noble_Bachelor) [Adventure of the Beryl Coronet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929825W/Adventure_of_the_Beryl_Coronet) [Adventure of the Copper Beeches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518116W/Adventure_of_the_Copper_Beeches) - Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow - [Hound of the Baskervilles](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262454W) - [Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262598W/Memoirs_of_Sherlock_Holmes) [11 stories] [Silver Blaze](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518358W/Silver_Blaze) [Adventure of the Yellow Face](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20571966W/Adventure_of_the_Yellow_Face) [Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20619319W/Adventure_of_the_Stockbroker's_Clerk) [Adventure of the Gloria Scott](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20619337W/Adventure_of_the_Gloria_Scott) [Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual](https://openlibra

What it’s like

Crisp Victorian prose, observant and brisk, carrying the fog-bound, gaslit London of the 1880s and 1890s: hansom cabs over wet cobbles, smoky sitting rooms cluttered with chemical apparatus and tobacco ash, the sudden chill of a moor at dusk. The voice is that of a steady, admiring companion narrator, so the mood is more clever and companionable than frightening, with fog, rain and locked-room unease adding a gentle shiver rather than dread. Short, self-contained stories move briskly, each a few dozen pages of interview, deduction and a flash of revelation, so it suits dipping in during a rainy afternoon, a long train journey, or a bedtime read that doesn't demand the next chapter. Violence is occasional and mostly offstage, with a few murders and threats handled with restraint; there is no gore and little sexual content. The emotional register is warm and wry, with a steady friendship between Holmes and Watson at its heart and the occasional glimpse of melancholy. It is for readers who want classic puzzle-solving, atmospheric period detail, and the comfort of a familiar, witty pair.

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