The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I (Barnes & Noble Signature Editions)

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With a knock on the door, a stranger enters Sherlock Holmes’s Baker Street rooms, begging Holmes to solve a ghastly and perplexing mystery. The legendary detective and his longtime friend Dr. Watson set out to explore the scene of the crime, making headway where the literally clueless police have failed. Combining an acute eye for the telling detail with an encyclopedic knowledge of the most esoteric subjects, Holmes follows the clues on a circuitous and perilous path until he solves the case in dramatic fashion....
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Overview

With a knock on the door, a stranger enters Sherlock Holmes’s Baker Street rooms, begging Holmes to solve a ghastly and perplexing mystery. The legendary detective and his longtime friend Dr. Watson set out to explore the scene of the crime, making headway where the literally clueless police have failed. Combining an acute eye for the telling detail with an encyclopedic knowledge of the most esoteric subjects, Holmes follows the clues on a circuitous and perilous path until he solves the case in dramatic fashion. Back at Baker Street, he readily explains to Watson any point in the chain of reasoning that might have escaped the old boy’s understanding.

     From his first outing, the novel A Study in Scarlet, Conan Doyle found the winning formula on display in The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I, which also includes another masterful Holmes novel, The Sign of Four. In addition, the incomparable sleuth resolves conundrums and captures villains in the twenty-three short stories contained in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, including “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” and “The Final Problem.”  

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781435136403
  • Publisher: Sterling
  • Publication date: 3/19/2012
  • Series: Barnes & Noble Signature Editions
  • Pages: 688
  • Sales rank: 114007
  • Product dimensions: 8.56 (w) x 5.74 (h) x 1.98 (d)

Meet the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. Initially a medical doctor by profession, he published the first Sherlock Holmes novel at age twenty-seven.  In later years, the deaths of several family members, including of his beloved son Kingsley, led Conan Doyle to an abiding interest in spiritualism. He died in East Sussex, England, in 1930.

Biography

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. After nine years in Jesuit schools, he went to Edinburgh University, receiving a degree in medicine in 1881. He then became an eye specialist in Southsea, with a distressing lack of success. Hoping to augment his income, he wrote his first story, A Study in Scarlet. His detective, Sherlock Holmes, was modeled in part after Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary, a man with spectacular powers of observation, analysis, and inference. Conan Doyle may have been influenced also by his admiration for the neat plots of Gaboriau and for Poe's detective, M. Dupin. After several rejections, the story was sold to a British publisher for ÂŁ25, and thus was born the world's best-known and most-loved fictional detective. Fifty-nine more Sherlock Holmes adventures followed.

Once, wearying of Holmes, his creator killed him off, but was forced by popular demand to resurrect him. Sir Arthur -- he had been knighted for this defense of the British cause in his The Great Boer War -- became an ardent Spiritualist after the death of his son Kingsley, who had been wounded at the Somme in World War I. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in Sussex in 1930.

Author biography courtesy of Penguin Group (USA).

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    1. Also Known As:
      Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    1. Date of Birth:
      Sun May 22 00:00:00 EST 1859
    2. Place of Birth:
      Edinburgh, Scotland
    1. Date of Death:
      Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 1930
    2. Place of Death:
      Crowborough, Sussex, England

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  • Posted Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2010

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    The Best Book I've Ever Read

    I have read a lot of books in my life, but nothing even comes close to Sherlock Holmes. It is without a doubt the best book I have ever read. The way Sherlock's mind works blows me away. When he makes his deductions, I can't figure out how he could have possibly gotten all of that information just from that little piece of evidence. But then, he explains it all and it makes perfect sense and I don't know how I didn't see that in the first place. Sherlock has a very good sense of humor, too. He's sarcastic, like myself, and I always find myself laughing out loud. The cases he works on are sometimes very dark, so without his humor to lighten things up, it would be very dreary indeed. The mysteries he gets involved in are very dramatic and thrilling. It's so suspenseful and fun to read, I can't put it down. Sherlock and Watson have a funny relationship, too. The two of them together crack me up. They are very different, but they are the perfect team when they work together. I saw the movie and I loved it. Afterwards, I instantly wanted to read the books. I hope they make more movies, because Robert Downey Jr. was amazing in it, and same with Jude Law. If you haven't seen the movie, you have to go see it right now. And after, pick up a copy of Sherlock Holmes and start reading. You won't regret it!

    15 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2005

    outstanding and educational

    If you have not yet read the complete works of Sherlock Holmes then you are truely ignorant to the influence Holmes' character has had over so many different things. I cannot even begin to surmize this book in under 500 words so I won't begin to try more than this read this book as well as vol. II. Your mind will thank you.

    5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2010

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    Classic reading

    The writings of Sir Doyle are classic. Sherlock Homes is a great character for his time. What I liked best about this volume was the history of Sir Doyle. I also like at the end of the volume the extra information about the book from a variety of people. Very interesting book. You have to like classics to read this one, there are many dry spots. whats great is to see what people were reading long before I was born and how different writing was from todays novels. Download and read.

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2009

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    Love it but ..

    Love the tales, the author, the genre, the character, such fantastic writing and a true legendary image within that of Literature and such genre itself. What i want to point out, excuse me if i am seeming rather foolish, in said publication i bought, i couldn't help but notice (and this is probably not the only one but it caught my eye)that on page X of The World of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, under the year 1897, Bram Stoker, for the fact that his first publication of Dracula has come forth, Mr. Stoker is written wrong, as Brain Stoker, has anyone else noticed such mistypes and such? Just got to me is all, but other then that, a fantastic collection of this author's marvelous talents and mind.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2009

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    The One and Only Sherlock Holmes

    No fictional character has been portrayed more on film, television, and literature than A. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. This 2-volume edition is an excecllent bargain, and contains all of Doyle's short stories and novels.

    For those who are not familiar with the original Holmes stories, the B&N editions are an excellent way to start. "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Speckled Band", and "The Red-Headed League" are some of the most well-known stories.

    I would like to add that Dr. John Watson, the narrator of Holmes's adventures, is portrayed entirely different that in some film adaptations. In the original stories, Watson was a capable doctor and loyal friend to Holmes, who never failed to chastise his friend when he felt that Holmes had gone too far. Watson repeatedly demonstrated his loyalty and worth as a partner to Holmes, particulary in "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Indeed, Holmes often commented that he held Watson in the highest regard, and trusted him completely.

    Also included in the B&N edition is an introduction that gives more information on Victorian England and the events that shaped Doyle's stories.

    Give it a try- you won't regret it!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Mon Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2011

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    Fantastic and Brilliant

    Sherlock Holmes stories are AMAZING!!!! Just don't read them if you have a short attention span as they can be a bit dry at times, due to the time period in which they were written. The full-length stories aren't AS good as the short ones, with the exception of Hound of the Baskervilles, because they go into a lot of background information with no Holmes-Watson-deduction action going on whatsoever. But other than that they are fantastic! This edition was really great, besides being really fat. I didn't have to worry about which story came chronologically next, and there were interesting little footnotes that tell you things that you wouldn't have otherwise found out unless you are an expert on Holmes and Watson.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    Excellent Content;Book Construction Questionable

    Sherlock Holmes is Sherlock Holmes, if you enjoy these classic stories, you will enjoy this collection. However, the book itself looks strange. The pages are cut roughly and don't really line up. Maybe that's standard on B&N classics but I didn't like that feature

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Sat Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    Wonderful.

    This is a great collection of stories. Most of the tales are short and quick, but are not lacking in plot, or details. They are quick reads, and tough to set down. I can't wait to start on Volume 2.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Sun Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010

    Elementary my dear readers !

    These are amazing stories that deserve to be perserved thoughout history.By far the best stories I've ever read and I will be picking up the second volume.The plots of the stories,the characters of Holmes and Watson,Holmes' deduction abilitys are all amazing.I would personally reconmend this to anybody whos loves literature.As I said in the title(even though that famous line is never said in any of the stories)there is no reason you should not pick this book up.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Mon Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2010

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    An excellent way to spend quality time with the world's most famous consulting detective!

    Who hasn't heard of Sherlock Holmes nowadays? The 221B Baker street most famous resident has solved many seemingly impossible cases, and is one of the greatest influences on modern detective characters. This in a complete work, with great introductions, a Conan Doyle short biography, endnotes and even two parodies and essays about one of England's greatest literary works. Recommended!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2010

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    How did I miss this?

    I can't believe I had never picked up a Sherlock Holmes story before, but I truly enjoyed this collection!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013

    Galaxy

    She sits.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    iLuVmOoStAcHeS

    I am eleven year old girl and so far i love this book! You have to buy it!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted Wed Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    I am reading this right now and absolutely love it! The detail i

    I am reading this right now and absolutely love it! The detail is amazing and it helps me figure out how Holmes' mind works, even though there will no way i will even be fully able to. It is one of the best books i have read and i recommend it to anyone who loves classic literature!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sat Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012

    Still riveting after all these years

    Implausible short stories by most authors would be seen as silly. Not so Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Conan Doyle's stories are still engaging and entertaining reads. And The Hound of the Baskervilles is a teriffic novel!

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  • Posted Fri Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2012

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    Started watching the Jeremy Brett TV series of Sherlock Holmes o

    Started watching the Jeremy Brett TV series of Sherlock Holmes on PBS. When I was twelve, I read The Readers Digest, A Study in Scarlet and The Hounds of the Baskervilles edition. Fell in love with Sherlock Holmes, and though it took a while, found a sale and was able to begin my dream of reading everything Sherlock Holmes. A quirky, talented, highly intelligent, skilled detective and his chronicler a former army surgeon and practicing doctor, a classic is born. Most of these mysteries are short so you don't have to make a big commitment into the cases, if you don't usually read mysteries.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Mar 11 00:00:00 EST 2012

    Interesting

    This book was extremly good if you are a big mystery fan

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Sun Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2012

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    A classic work of art

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2012

    honestly...

    I dont understand why some people have found this boring. Obviously some people cant appriciate good books and classics. I have read a lot of classics in my lifetime but never, NEVER have i found one as easy to ready and enjoyable as sherlock holmes. Doyle keeps you interested in the clues to the cases and keeps you wondering what will happen and who will be the culpret. Sherlock holmes is a fantastic read and you will never regret reading the brilliance that is john watson and sherlock holmes. +kayley holtom

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  • Anonymous

    Posted Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2012

    Terrific!

    After watching the two recent movies I was curious about the original stories. What a great book! Every case was so interesting and really draws you into trying to figure out the end on your own. If you love period murder mysteries you will love it.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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