The Complete Illustrated Novels and Thirty-Seven Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sidney Paget (Illustrator), George Wylie Hutchinson (Illustrator)

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear, and thirty-seven short stories from the Adventures, Memoirs and Return of Sherlock Holmes. Included are illustrations by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, James Greig, E. S. Morris & Charles Kerr. Holmes will need to use his various skills, including a knack at cracking ciphers, an aptitude for acting and disguise, tracking footprints, hand to hand combat, and knowledge of psychology to solve cases involving burglary, murder and revenge. Sherlock Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of deductive reasoning, astute observation, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Deductive reasoning allows Holmes to impressively reveal a stranger’s occupation. Similarly, by studying inanimate objects, he is able to make astonishingly detailed deductions about their owners. This mindset was a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, inspiring authors like Robert J. Sawyer, Neil Gaiman and Stephen King.

Genres: Classics, Mystery, Fiction, Ebooks

1202 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 19, 2012

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish 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

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to the audio. Very fun. It would have been better if it had the novels first and the short stories after, or if they were in chronological order.

[Keri · Rating 1 out of 5]

Holmes isn't a genius, Watson is a bumbling idiot.

[James Hatton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection of Sherlock Holmes makes it easy to have all of the tales on one place. I enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes stories. Tale-wise, they're all probably four stars on enjoyment; but, I need depth; so, three stars.