Sherlock Holmes: 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. In this collection you will find:

• A Study in Scarlet
• The Sign of the Four
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• The Valley of Fear Short Story Collections:
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes
• His Last Bow
• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Genres: Mystery, Classics, Audiobook

252 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 24, 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

[Katja Labonté · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. Study in Scarlet: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. Sign of the Four: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Valley of Fear: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Hound of the Baskervilles: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I. A Scandal in Bohemia: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
II. The Red-Headed League: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
III. A Case of Identity: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V. The Five Orange Pips: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IX. The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I. Silver Blaze: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
III. The Yellow Face: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IV. The Stockbroker’s Clerk: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V. The “Gloria Scott”: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VI. The Musgrave Ritual: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VII. The Reigate Puzzle: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VIII. The Crooked Man: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IX. The Resident Patient: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
X. The Greek Interpreter: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XI. The Naval Treaty: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XII. The Final Problem: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Return of Sherlock Holmes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I. The Adventure of the Empty House: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
II. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
III. The Adventure of the Dancing Men: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IV. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V. The Adventure of the Priory School: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VI. The Adventure of Black Peter: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VII. The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VIII. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IX. The Adventure of the Three Students: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
X. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XI. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XII. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XIII. The Adventure of the Second Stain: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
II. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
III. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IV. The Adventure of the Three Gables: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VI. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VII. The Problem of Thor Bridge: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VIII. The Adventure of the Creeping Man: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IX. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
X. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XI. The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
XII. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. His Last Bow: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
II. The Adventure of the Red Circle: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
III. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
IV. The Adventure of the Dying Detective: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
V. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VI. The Adventure of the Devil's Foot: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
VII. His Last Bow: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Overall content: violence; smoking; drinking; language; some immoral situations (not presented well).

A Favourite Quote: “‘Your life is not your own,’ he said. ‘Keep your hands off it.’
“‘What use is it to anyone?’
“‘How can you tell? The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world.’”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: “[T]he heath-covered countryside, with the glowing clumps of flowering gorse, seemed all the more beautiful to eyes which were weary of the duns and drabs and slate-greys of London. Holmes and I walked along the broad, sandy road inhaling the fresh morning air, and rejoicing in the music of the birds and the fresh breath of the spring. From a rise of the road on the shoulder of Crooksbury Hill, we could see the grim Hall bristling out from amidst the ancient oaks, which, old as they were, were still younger than the building which they surrounded.”
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “Miss Morstan's demeanour was as resolute and collected as ever. I endeavoured to cheer and amuse her by reminiscences of my adventures in Afghanistan; but, to tell the truth, I was myself so excited at our situation, and so curious as to our destination, that my stories were slightly involved. To this day she declares that I told her one moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of night, and how I fired a double-barrelled tiger cub at it.”

[Chari · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finally did it! After 67 hours 44 minutes and 59 secs I FINALLY finished the audio book of "The Sherlock Holmes Collection" by Arthur Conan Doyle. I've never read the Sherlock Holmes stories so I was a bit wary of starting them but I actually enjoyed them. There are a few that I got a bit lost with and had to rewind but there was only one or two times that I had to do that. Stephen Scalon is an excellent narrator, very clearly spoken and a variety of voices for the characters. The only things I didnt like was 1. The length its sooooo long but you can obviously listen to a story and stop it. The second thing is the language it uses, I know its written in a different time but my good he uses complicated words!

[Jason Krieg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun to hear writing from this era.