Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Contributors: Giddings, Robert
Series: Crime Classics
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781843549109
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character); English Detective and mystery stories; Fiction; John H. Watson (Fictitious character)
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "When this competition was first mooted I went into it in a most light-hearted way, thinking that it would be the easiest thing in the world to pick out the twelve best of the Holmes stories. In practice I found that I had engaged myself in a serious task . . ."
 
In 1927, Strand magazine challenged its readers to guess which of his Sherlock Holmes stories Arthur Conan Doyle himself rated as his very best. (Mr R. T. Newman of Spring Hill, Wellingborough, won £100 for successfully guessing 10 of the 12 stories correctly.) Doyle revealed his choice and, in his own inimitable way, explained his reasoning in an article for the magazine. The stories included "The Speckled Band," "The Final Problem," and "The Dancing Men." Arthur Conan Doyle’s favorite 12 Sherlock Holmes stories are now published together for the first time, with his original Strand article to introduce his own selection.
(back cover)
Notes: Series consultant and case notes by Robert Giddings.

"Selected by the author"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: How I made my list by Arthur Conan Doyle; title: The adventure of the speckled band; title: The adventure of the Red-Headed League; title: The adventure of the dancing men; title: The final problem; title: A scandal in Bohemia; title: The adventure of the empty house; title: The adventure of the five orange pips; title: The adventure of the second stain; title: The devil's foot; title: The adventure of the priory school; title: The Musgrave ritual; title: The reigate squires; title: Case notes.