Sherlock Holmes's Greatest Cases

Canon Classics Worldview Guides

by Arthur Conan Doyle

"Sherlock’s deductive prowess (whether imitated or not) is intriguing, but other aspects of Doyle’s handling encouraged Holmes’s great commercial success. One reason is that mankind derives endless fascination from the detective genre, perhaps because the present state of our existence centers on a kind of criminal event that occurred bygone ages ago in a garden called Eden. Since that fateful fruit selection, man’s life is inextricably bound up with sorting out the precise details and implications of this or that deception or crime." -From Marcus Schwager's Introduction Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are two of the most beloved characters in English literature. The relaxed Holmes can spot a million clues just by entering a room, while his assistant, Dr. John Watson, though not nearly as brilliant, remains his dogged and faithful companion. This collection includes most of the stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle considered his greatest, including “A Study in Scarlet,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” “The Final Problem,” and many more--thirty mysteries total. The game's afoot in this Canon Classic! The Canon Classics series presents the most definitive works of Western literature in a colorful, well-crafted, and affordable way. Unlike many other thrift editions, our classics feature individualized designs that prioritize readability by means of proper margins, leading, characters per line, font, trim size, etc. Each book's materials and layout combine to make the classics a simple and striking addition to classrooms and homes, ideal for introducing the best of literary culture and human experience to the next generation. This Worldview Edition features an introduction divided into sections on The World Around, About the Author, What Other Notables Said, Setting, Characters, & Plot Summary, Worldview Analysis, and 21 Significant Questions & Answers.

562 pages, Paperback

Published March 29, 2022

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

[Cate Price]

What did I learn? Mostly, that I just need to be more joyful in my reading and willing to laugh at nonsense