Sherlock Holmes : The Complete Novels and Stories (Bantam Classic) Volume I

Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Novels and Stories

Volume I

Since his first appearance in Beeton?s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle?s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes?s adventures in crime!

Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes?s famous ?seven percent solution? and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery.

Also included are Holmes?s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling ? The Adventure of the Speckled Band,? the baffling riddle of ?The Musgrave Ritual,? and the ingeniously plotted ?The Five Orange Pips,? tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-01-2009

The one book to take to a deserted island

Thirty-six stories plus two of the four novels: that's more than half of the canon. All for seven bucks? We're talking about one of the classics of modern English literature. Even if it's been parodied and portrayed in more ways that you can shake a walking stick at, this collection still offers...

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Posted: Jul-28-2009

Literary Classic

I recommend this collection for everyone. It is a literary classic that can capture any reader. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle most definitely outdid himself with his character Sherlock Holmes, giving him an addictive nature that causes the reader to want more cleverness, more deduction, more smart...

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Posted: May-06-2009

Sherlock Holmes, The Greates Detective of all time

What can I say? I re-read the entire collection of Sherlock's adventures. How fun it was. Sherlock's drug problem, which isn't a problem at all according to him is pretty funny. He said he only uses when he's bored. Poor Watson. He's left to look out for his friend. I like A Scandal in...

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Posted: Sep-04-2008

Unreadable Text. It's WAYYYY TOOO SMALL TO READ

The text is so small a normal human being can't read it. I was so excited to get this book and the text was so small. I tried to read it but was getting headaches and serious eyestrain. Why are these publishers so cheap? Why not have legible text? Why do they print these classics too small to...

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Posted: Sep-03-2008

Care and competence equals quality construction and cozy familiarity

My final installment of the Holmes' series, I can now lay claim to having read them all. Some of the stories toward the end slipped a bit, as it feels like Doyle, bored with the basic premise, characters, settings, and plot line, tried to tweak the variables to re-enliven the series for himself...

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Posted: Jul-09-2008

Rediscovering a great classic

I just recently got interested in reading the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This is the second Sherlock Holmes book for me. I particularly love this story collection and would recommend it to anyone who likes to do some brain-gymnastics in order to follow the twisted cases. Some...

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Posted: Jan-09-2008

The greatest Sherlock Holmes collection!

Recently I finished reading E.W. Hornung's The Crime Doctor, the outstanding novel about Doctor John Dollar (both physician AND detective), and I decided to pick up a complete set of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works on Sherlock Holmes. Although this collection is a little dated, I consider it to...

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Posted: Aug-19-2007

One of my favorite writers!

There's not much left to say about this literary classic. It's great to have all of the stories and novels put together, in the order that they were published--there are references here and there to things that happened in previous stories. Of course, you don't have to read everything in order,...

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Posted: May-18-2007

Bravo on Baker Street!

This book offered some of the lesser known writings of Doyle, as well as, some of the better known stories like "The Sign of Four". My only gripe was that the font was bit small and I was feeling like a detective myself holding a magnifying glass just to make out the words. Arthur Conan Doyle...

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