Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Hardwicke
ISBN-13: 9781615459070, ISBN-10: 1615459073
Format: Audio
Publisher: Playaway
Date Published: August 2009
Edition: Playaway Edition with Earbuds
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was both a doctor and a believer in spirits, which may partly explain why his Sherlock Holmes is one of literature's most beloved detectives: Holmes always approaches his cases with the gentility and logic of a scientist, but the stories are suffused with an aura of the supernatural. Narrated by devoted assistant Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes's adventures were so addictive that fans protested the master deducer's "death" in 1893 and Doyle had to resurrect him.
Expertly retold to appeal to second to fourth graders, as well as older reluctant readers, each of the beautiful, high-quality books in the Classic Starts series is a literary treasure.
Acknowledgements | ||
General Editor's Preface to the Series | ||
Introduction | ||
Note on the Text | ||
Select Bibliography | ||
A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
A Scandal in Bohemia | 5 | |
A Case of Identity | 30 | |
The Red-Headed League | 49 | |
The Boscombe Valley Mystery | 75 | |
The Five Orange Pips | 102 | |
The Man with the Twisted Lip | 123 | |
The Blue Carbuncle | 149 | |
The Speckled Band | 171 | |
The Engineer's Thumb | 198 | |
The Noble Bachelor | 221 | |
The Beryl Coronet | 244 | |
The Copper Beeches | 270 | |
Explanatory Notes | 297 |