num_pages: 317
description: It is with the publication of the stories which comprise The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes in the Strand magazine (1891-2) that Holmes, his dear Watson, 'that imbecile Lastrade' and others of his Scotland Yard colleagues first gained immense public attention. Although Conan Doyle had already created Holmes in A Study in Scarlet in 1887, it was not until he put aside medicine and revived Holmes in these stories that his literary reputation was made.The first to appear, A Scandal in Bohemia, is uncharacteristically focused on the cleverness of a woman. In fact, so amazed was Holmes at her ingenuity, that Irene Adler was always to him 'the woman'. In The Boscombe Valley Mystery, a vindictive old man, having already achieved a foolproof crime, cannot resist one fatal flourishing touch which tips the case into a dramatic triumph for Holmes. In fact, Sherlock Holmes is really at his theatrical, omnipotent best in the Adventures.
language: English
title: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
titlecomplete: The adventures of Sherlock Holmes
characters: Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Lestrade, Irene Adler, Dr. John Watson
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Historical Fiction, Literature, Short Stories, Audiobook
ratings_count: 291631
series: Sherlock Holmes
publisher: Parents Magazine