The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Subjects: Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Private investigators -- England -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories, English
Description: <p><i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> was the first collection of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/collections/sherlock-holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> short stories <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle">Conan Doyle</a> published in book form, following the popular success of the novels <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle/a-study-in-scarlet"><i>A Study in Scarlet</i></a> and <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle/the-sign-of-the-four"><i>The Sign of the Four</i></a>, which introduced the characters of <abbr>Dr.</abbr> John Watson and the austere analytical detective Sherlock Holmes.</p>
			<p>The collection contains twelve stories, all originally published in <i>The Strand Magazine</i> between July 1891 and June 1892. Narrated by the first-person voice of <abbr>Dr.</abbr> Watson, they involve him and Holmes solving a series of mysterious cases.</p>
			<p>Some of the more well-known stories in this collection are “A Scandal in Bohemia,” in which Holmes comes up against a worthy opponent in the form of Irene Adler, whom Holmes forever after admiringly refers to as <em>the</em> woman; “The Redheaded League,” involving a bizarre scheme offering a well-paid sinecure to redheaded men; and “The Speckled Band,” in which Holmes and Watson save a young woman from a terrible death.</p>