The Sherlock Holmes Omnibus

by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study In Scarlet
The Sign of the Four
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Valley of Fear

Short story
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
His Last Bow
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics

1929 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2011

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Anh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm fond of rereading Sherlock Holmes. I do so once every while. Everytime I feel melancholy, don't know what to read, or just don't want to read what I'm supposed to, I turn to Sherlock Holmes.

This is the first "real" book (series) that I read... I believe I borrowed it from a cousin when I was 9, so it's like meeting an old friend or visiting a familiar place: I know that person so well that nothing comes unexpectedly; still I greet every word, every detail with... knowing. It's not tedious knowing, it's reassuring, solid knowing. I don't know if "knowing" is the right word to express the sense of laziness, nostalgia, calmness, relief and that moment when "yeah" is followed by a content sigh.

I don't know what I've been mumbling about, either. Let's just say I love Sherlock Holmes enough to read about his adventures till kingdoms come.

[Sadaf · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the most encompassing edition of SH, it has everything, the short stories, the long ones, even a few stories from Sherlock's point of view. of course, when you read so many of the works together, you start to realize the similarities between many cases and it becomes slightly predictable - thus the missing star. i know I chose an omnibus and should be prepared for it, but still - especially those clustered towards the end tended to be rather similar.
Apart from that, it is all brilliance and a delight to read. In stories like the sign of Four and a study in Scarlett, ACD writes almost 7 chapters as background, which is interesting and different from the abrupt and to the point short-story format. I have the camden house ebook, but this edition was the closest to that so i chose this. That one has illustrations and even information on when and where the stories were printed first.
Lovely book, overall.

[Igal Tabachnik · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took a long time... but damn worth it!

[Gaber GALAL · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read the long ones, study in scarlet, sign of the four, etc... skip all the short stories, as they become repetitive using the same line of thinking and thus a bit boring.

[চপল · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read all of the stories and novels several times. Still seems such thrilling like first time.