The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.
Contains:
[Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W/A_Scandal_in_Bohemia)
[Red-headed League](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930336W/The_Red-Headed_League)
[Case of Identity](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929939W/A_Case_of_Identity)
[Boscombe Valley Mystery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18495288W/The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery)
[Five Orange Pips](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518120W/Five_Orange_Pips)
[Man with the Twisted Lip](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930258W/The_Man_With_the_Twisted_Lip)
[Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518317W/Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle)
[Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W/Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band)
[Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W/Adventure_of_the_Engineer's_Thumb)
[Adventure of the Noble Bachelor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929841W/Adventure_of_the_Noble_Bachelor)
[Adventure of the Beryl Coronet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929825W/Adventure_of_the_Beryl_Coronet)
[Adventure of the Copper Beeches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518116W/Adventure_of_the_Copper_Beeches)
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Also contained in:
- [Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518128W)
- [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20624138W)
- [Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16076930W)
- [Complete Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188824W)
- [Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929975W)
- [Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518342W)
- [Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20787319W)
- [Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262528W)
- [Original Illustrated 'Strand' Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262529W)
- [Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188661W)
- [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16173818W)
- [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930383W)
Series
Series
9 primary books32 released booksSherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a 32-book series with 9 primary works first released in 18 with contributions by Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Laude, and Adrian Conan Doyle.
Series
11 primary booksThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 11-book series with 11 primary works first released in 20 with contributions by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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To be honest I did myself a disservice because this book is the third installment into Sherlock Holmes and I chose to listen to it anyway. Most of these stories lack in the same way the Poirot shorts do—their lack of description and exposition. Having known so little about the literature Holmes it definitely took my enjoyment down a notch.
4: A Scandal In Bohemia 3: The Redheaded League
3: A Case of Identity 3: The Boscombe Valley Mystery
3: The Five Orange Pips3: The Man with the Twisted Lip
4: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 4: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
3: The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb3: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
3: The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 5: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: this one was so close to being scary/horror I wish it had gone even more so into it
I felt this book was not as great as the previous two entries. As with every collection of stories, some were very interesting and solid Sherlock stories, but others seemed a little lower in quality and even repetitive. Still, the highs in this book were very high and it goes to show how good this series is.
My favorite stories from this book were:
- A scandal in Bohemia
- The red headed league
- The five orange pips
- The man with the twisted lip
- The adventure of the noble bachelor
I've read or listened to the stories in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” countless times, and enjoy them every time. This is a reasonable audio version with a decent narrator.
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