This great introduction to the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective includes the novelsA Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four and the short story collectionThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
The Sherlock Holmes Book, the latest in DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, tackles the most "elementary" of subjects--the world of Sherlock Holmes, as told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Divided into three sections, this book focuses on plays written or cowritten by Conan Doyle, one-act productions, and plays written by other authors—either adaptations of the novels and stories or original works.
"First published as a World's classics paperback, 1994. Reissued as an Oxford world's classics paperback, 1999."--T.p. verso.
Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.
First published in 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the first and greatest of the short story collections written by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his famous detective.
If you can't get enough of Sherlock Holmes, the cranky, brilliant, and above all, idiosyncratic detective created by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, add this collection of tales to your must-read list.
This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
This is part one of a record-breaking ongoing collection, bringing together over sixty of the world’s leading Sherlock Holmes authors. All the stories within this fantastic collection are traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches.
It's all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes, the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world's only consulting detective.
“But you did not find the child,” Holmes finished for him, his own face grim. The man nodded vigorously and said, “Please, help us look for her!” “Where's the ice-cream man, now?” asked Jane. “Percy?” asked the gardener.