Sherlock Holmes: The Truly Complete Collection

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most universally recognizable literary characters in any genre.

Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and 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 serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914.

This collection contains all the 60 official and the 6 unofficial Sherlock Holmes stories - in total 66 works (the biggest and greatest Sherlock Holmes collection in the eBook world).

Genres: Classics

2017 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2020

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

[Bookbear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, done it! 2 and a half years! The stories were mostly nice enough to read, at least the ones, I would expect in a not so complete collection. Towards the end there were several collected as "The Case Book of Sherlock Homes" and I didn't like those, some were awfully boring. And also the "Unofficial Stories" were not really interesting.
But it was worth the buy, kept me somewhat entertained for quite some time.
Will not read again, though :-)

[w.carlton kee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent compilation

I was able to greatly satisfy my desire to read many of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes ' mysteries . There were a few typos in the book but not enough to make it hard to read. I would highly recommend this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories.

[Dorota Winch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This audiobook is so good not just because it combines all Sherlock Holmes stories in one place, but also because Steve Fry’s voice makes them so atmospheric. And what makes it really special is that it contains the foreword regarding these stories background. Absolutely loved it!