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"The Stockbroker's Clerk" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth of the twelve collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and third of eleven in most American ones (owing to the omission of the "scandalous" "Adventure of the Cardboard Box"). The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1893 and featured seven illustrations by Sidney Paget.
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"His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration...
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"The Reigate Squires" was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Watson takes Holmes to a friend's estate near Reigate in Surrey to rest after a rather strenuous...
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"The Final Problem" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine under the title "The Adventure of the Final Problem" in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. This story, set in 1891, introduced Holmes's archenemy, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty. Conan Doyle later ranked "The Final...
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"The Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919 and was collected later in “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale....
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"El valle del terror" (1914) es la 4º y última novela de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) en la que aparece Sherlock Holmes, su mítico personaje.
En ella, que anticipa el género de la "novela negra", una vez más el genial investigador descubre la identidad de un asesino usando su increíble capacidad de análisis y deducción…
Pero lo extraño es la estructura de la novela donde, tras la primera parte, dedicada en su totalidad al esclarecimiento...
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A short story about a young man with a radical approach to the game of cricket from the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
While walking in the forest, veteran cricket player Walter Scougall comes upon a young schoolteacher named Spedegue practicing an unusual bowling delivery. When Scougall attempts to have the man repeat his actions in public, it yields entertaining results . . . Originally published in the Strand Magazine in 1928, The Story of Spedegue's...
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From the beloved author behind Sherlock Holmes, a collection of fourteen exhilarating tales full of mummies, ghosts, adventure, and more.
Best known as the creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling tales of the supernatural and the corruption of technology. His sharp wit and chillingly detailed writing are at their peak in this diverse collection of adventures, ranging from the cunning escapades of a wartime strategist...
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These stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which were originally published, each one separately, between the years of 1891 and 1892, in the British newspaper The Strand Magazine and later compiled under the title of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, constitute the largest theme of his work and represent the cornerstone of detective stories.
In The Best Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this detective and his assistant, Dr. John H. Watson, will face...
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The most ESSENTIAL stories of the Sherlock Holmes canon -- with new essays and illustrations!
At last! The third of four volumes bringing together, in chronological order, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most important adventures of SHERLOCK HOLMES from a biographical point of view, augmented with insightful essays and striking illustrations.
The stories featured in this third volume of The Essential Sherlock Holmes include three adventures united...
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with an intriguing issue featuring 9 original tales of crime and mystery, plus a classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here's the lineup:
CANYON FODDER, by John H. Dromey THE SAN FRANCISCO ADVENTURE, by Hal Charles NO PLACE LIKE HOME, by Veronica Leigh THE THREE LITTLE BIGGS, by John M. Floyd THE CASE OF THE BELGRAVIA BEAST, by Gary Blackwood THE CELL PHONE, by Ellen Wight THE QUIGLEY METHOD, by Marlin Bressi...
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A treasure trove of mysteries drawn from the case files of the world's cleverest private investigators. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features many of the consulting detective's best-known cases. "A Scandal in Bohemia" finds Holmes matching wits with-and being outfoxed by-a beautiful American opera singer. A struggling shop owner stumbles into a lucrative side job, and a criminal conspiracy, in "The Red-Headed League." And in "The Adventure...
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Sherlock Holmes ist von einem pensionierten Farbenhändler, Josiah Amberley aus Lewisham, engagiert worden, um im Fall des Verschwindens seiner Frau zu ermitteln. Sie hat ihn mit einem Nachbarn, Dr. Ernest Ray, und einer beträchtlichen Menge an Geld und Wertpapieren verlassen. Amberley fordert, dass Holmes die beiden aufspürt.
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The story begins with the narrator, Doctor John Watson, explaining that his friend Sherlock Holmes always refers to Irene Adler as "THE woman," because he believes she is the best woman he has ever met in every regard. Watson declares that Sherlock Holmes is too analytical to ever feel romantic love for someone because that would invite distractions that could disrupt his thinking about cases. Watson explains that he hasn't seen much of Holmes because...
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Die BBC-Fernsehserie 'Sherlock' mit Benedict Cumberbatch und Martin Freeman in den Rollen von Holmes und Dr. Watson hat bei vielen Krimi-Freunden auch das Interesse an den 56 originalen Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geweckt.
Hört hier eine Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichte im Original aus dem Band 'Die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes'.
16) Abbey Grange
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Eine brutale Einbrecherbande wird im Winter 1887 verdächtigt, den Adligen Sir Eustace Brackenstall mit einem Schürhaken erschlagen zu haben. Doch Sherlock Holmes erkennt, dass die Zeugenaussagen und die Hinweise am Tatort nicht zusammenpassen. Nach genaueren Ermittlungen führt Holmes und Watson eine Spur zu einer Reederei. Dort sollen sie die ganze Wahrheit über den Mord erfahren ...
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Die BBC-Fernsehserie 'Sherlock' mit Benedict Cumberbatch und Martin Freeman in den Rollen von Holmes und Dr. Watson hat bei vielen Krimi-Freunden auch das Interesse an den 56 originalen Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geweckt. Hört hier eine Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichte im Original aus dem Band 'Die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes'.
18) Die Löwenmähne
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Holmes lebt an der Küste von Sussex, als er mit dem rätselhaften Tod des Lehrers McPherson konfrontiert wird. Der Mann lag tot am Ufer und hatte rote Striemen auf dem Rücken. Seine unverständlichen letzten Worte waren "die Löwenmähne". Während der Ermittlungen erleidet der Hauptverdächtige Murdoch die gleichen Wunden wie McPherson. In John George Woods Buch Out of Doors findet Holmes den Mörder: die auch unter dem Namen Löwenmähne bekannte...
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Der auf Gut Shoscombe lebende Reiter Sir Robert Norberton muss das nächste Rennen unbedingt gewinnen, weil er durch die Abhängigkeit von seiner Schwester, Lady Beatrice, in finanziellen Nöten ist. Außerdem berichtet der Pferdetrainer Mason, dass Norberton nachts eine alte Gruft aufsuchte. Nach einigen Untersuchungen vor Ort überraschen Holmes und Watson den Reiter in der Gruft. Er erklärt ihnen, dass seine Schwester eine Woche vor dem wichtigen...
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Die BBC-Fernsehserie 'Sherlock' mit Benedict Cumberbatch und Martin Freeman in den Rollen von Holmes und Dr. Watson hat bei vielen Krimi-Freunden auch das Interesse an den 56 originalen Geschichten von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geweckt.
Hört hier eine Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichte im Original aus dem Band 'Die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes'.