Eight adventures involving Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, with stories ranging from the case of "The Red-headed League", to "The Solitary Cyclist", and "The Engineer's Thumb". Other titles in the book include "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Lost World" and "The Puffin Sherlock Holmes".
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.
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A Superlative collection,
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This is a must book for every new Sherlock Holmes reader. For anyone out there who has not read any of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, this book introduces the reader to some of the best Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Silver Blaze, The adventure of the Speckled Band, The adventure of the dancing men, The adventure of the Blue Carbuncle are a few of the Holmes mysteries presented in this book. Each of the mysteries presented in this book expose different facets of Holmes and he is in his elements in each of them. That the book is in large print is icing on the cake.
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This book was great!! It had eight different cases, and all were great. My favorites were The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Silver Blaze, and the Adventure of the Six Napoleans. If you enjoy classics, mysteries, or anything related to o.k. creepy stories, I suggest you read this book.
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I bought this for my 12-year old granddaughter; it was good to see that a classic is still a classic.
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On glancing over my notes of the seventy-odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sherlock Holmes, Hilton Cubitt, Godfrey Staunton, Colonel Ross, Miss Stoner, Baker Street, Silver Blaze, John Straker, King's Pyland, Stoke Moran, Inspector Martin, Lord Mount-James, Alec Cunningham, Henry Baker, Morse Hudson, Abe Slaney, Brixton Road, Fitzroy Simpson, Musgrave Ritual, Silas Brown, William Kirwan, Cyril Overton, Harding Brothers, Kennington Road, Scotland Yard New!
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On glancing over my notes of the seventy-odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sherlock Holmes, Hilton Cubitt, Godfrey Staunton, Colonel Ross, Miss Stoner, Baker Street, Silver Blaze, John Straker, King's Pyland, Stoke Moran, Inspector Martin, Lord Mount-James, Alec Cunningham, Henry Baker, Morse Hudson, Abe Slaney, Brixton Road, Fitzroy Simpson, Musgrave Ritual, Silas Brown, William Kirwan, Cyril Overton, Harding Brothers, Kennington Road, Scotland Yard New!
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- Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle in Front Matter
- Around the World (Fantastic Journeys) by Steve Skidmore in Front Matter
- Study In Scarlet: A Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery Based on the Famous Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Front Matter
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- The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz on page 8
- The Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy Hoobler in Front Matter
- Kim (Puffin Classics) by Rudyard Kipling in Back Matter
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Puffin Classics) by Mark Twain in Back Matter
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