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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Illustrated by Sidney Paget
This Top Five Classics edition of
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• All 104 original illustrations by Sidney Paget done for the Strand magazine
• An informative introduction
• Author bio and select bibliography
After Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes in the novel A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and followed it up with The Sign of Four in 1890, he wrote a series of 24 short mysteries featuring the detective and his colleague, Dr. Watson, in the pages of the Strand magazine from 1891 to 1893. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes collects the first 12 of these tales—(the last 12 of which comprise The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes)—including "A Scandal in Bohemia" (which introduces Irene Adler), "The Red-Headed League," "The Five Orange Pips," and "The Speckled Band"—some of the greatest stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon.
• All 104 original illustrations by Sidney Paget done for the Strand magazine
• An informative introduction
• Author bio and select bibliography
After Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes in the novel A Study in Scarlet in 1887 and followed it up with The Sign of Four in 1890, he wrote a series of 24 short mysteries featuring the detective and his colleague, Dr. Watson, in the pages of the Strand magazine from 1891 to 1893. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes collects the first 12 of these tales—(the last 12 of which comprise The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes)—including "A Scandal in Bohemia" (which introduces Irene Adler), "The Red-Headed League," "The Five Orange Pips," and "The Speckled Band"—some of the greatest stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon.
125 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2012
About the author
Arthur Conan Doyle
17.3k books25k followersSir 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.
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.
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