Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Simon Prebble
ISBN-13: 9781400185184, ISBN-10: 1400185181
Format: MP3 Book
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Date Published: February 2010
Edition: Unabridged
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.
With his devoted Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil, including the diabolical Professor Moriarty.
Acknowledgements | ||
General Editor's Preface to the Series | ||
Introduction | ||
Note on the Text | ||
Select Bibliography | ||
A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
Silver Blaze | 3 | |
The Cardboard Box | 30 | |
The Yellow Face | 53 | |
The Stockbroker's Clerk | 73 | |
The 'Gloria Scott' | 92 | |
The Musgrave Ritual | 113 | |
The Reigate Squire | 134 | |
The Crooked Man | 155 | |
The Resident Patient | 174 | |
The Greek Interpreter | 193 | |
The Naval Treaty | 213 | |
The Final Problem | 249 | |
App. I. The Adventure of the Two Collaborators | 269 | |
App. II. How I Write My Books | 272 | |
Explanatory Notes | 274 |