The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

£14.99

• ISBN: 9781912464494
• By: Arthur Conan Doyle
• Format: Hardback with dust jacket
• Publication Date: 21/10/2021
• Publisher: Baker Street Press
• Imprint: Baker Street Classics
• Series: Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes
• Pages: 336
• Size: 130 x 198mm

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Description

‘Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent’

Sherlock Holmes’s observation to Dr Watson at the start of ‘A Case of Identity’ is certainly borne out by the twelve short stories in this collection, characterized by the originality and inventiveness that have made Conan Doyle a household name.

The familiar sanctuary of 221B Baker Street is regularly invaded by a procession of puzzled clients with bizarre problems to solve. Holmes’s cases include a young engineer who arrives with one of his thumbs cut off at the root; a governess who has been offered a tempting salary provided she dresses in the exact manner specified by her employers; and a frightened young woman whose sister has inexplicably died from fear and nervous shock.

These and other seemingly intractable puzzles are solved by Sherlock Holmes’s inimitable blend of intellectual analysis and inspired deduction. Through the faithful Watson, the reader is placed at the centre of events, and can admire the master of detection at work.

The Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes collection is a retro-inspired full set of Arthur Conan Doyle’s wonderful tales of the inimitable ‘consulting detective’ at work. Featuring original cover illustrations from editions of the 1920s, this collection will adorn any book-lover’s shelf and transport the reader back in time to Holmes’s bustling Victorian London, the misty moors of Dartmoor, the dizzying heights of Reichenbach and the cosy living room of 221B Baker Street.