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The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Complete & Unabridged) [Puffin Classics]
by Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, KStJ, DL
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London, New York, et al.: Puffin Classics/Puffin Books/Published by The Penguin Group, 1994. Complete & Unabridged Edition 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Adrian Chesterman (Cover Illustration). 277 pp. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based consulting detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself, this including the Blanched Soldier, and two others are written in the third person. In two stories (The Musgrave Ritual and The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story. Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.
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- Title
- The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Complete & Unabridged) [Puffin Classics]
- Author
- Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, KStJ, DL
- Illustrator
- Adrian Chesterman (Cover Illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- Complete & Unabridged Edition 6th Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140367055
- ISBN 13
- 9780140367058
- Publisher
- Puffin Classics/Puffin Books/Published by The Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, et al.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 277
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel, Contemporary & Modern Fiction & Novel, Classic Fiction & Novel, Crime Fiction & Novel, True Crime, Mysterious Fiction & Novel, Mystery, Novella, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, K
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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