Complete Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Holmes
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HE OMPLETE HERLOCK OLMES
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The Sherlock Holmes stories are illustrated with artwork by Sidney Paget, Richard
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The page numbers (seen here as links; in the text in brackets) refer to the relevant pages
in The Complete Sherlock Holmes published by Doubleday / Penguin Books.
CONTENTS
A STUDY IN SCARLET
Part 1: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of the Army
Medical Department
1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 15
2. The Science of Deduction 19
3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery 25
4. What John Rance Had to Tell 32
5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor 36
6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do 41
7. Light in the Darkness 46
Part 2: The Country of the Saints
1. On the Great Alkali Plain 52
2. The Flower of Utah 58
3. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet 62
4. A Flight for Life 65
5. The Avenging Angels 71
6. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. 76
7. The Conclusion 83
THE SIGN OF FOUR
1. The Science of Deduction 89
2. The Statement of the Case 94
3. In Quest of a Solution 97
4. The Story of the Bald-headed Man 100
5. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge 106
6. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstartion 110
7. The Episode of the Barrel 115
8. The Baker Street Irregulars 122
9. A Break in the Chain 128
10. The End of the Islander 134
11. The Great Agra Treasure 139
12. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small 143
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
A Scandal in Bohemia 161
The Red-headed League 176
A Case of Identity 190
The Boscombe Valley Mystery 202
The Five Orange Pips 217
The Man with the Twisted Lip 229
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 244
The Adventure of the Speckled Band 257
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb 273
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor 287
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 301
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches 316

MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Silver Blaze 335
The Yellow Face 350
The Stock-broker’s Clerk 362
The “Gloria Scott” 373
The Musgrave Ritual 386
The Reigate Puzzle 398
The Crooked Man 411
The Resident Patient 422
The Greek Interpreter 435
The Naval Treaty 447
The Final Problem 469
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Adventure of the Empty House 483
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder 496
The Adventure of the Dancing Men 511
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 526
The Adventure of the Priory School 538
The Adventure of Black Peter 558
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton 572
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 582
The Adventure of the Three Students 596
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez 607
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter 622
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange 635
The Adventure of the Second Stain 650
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 669
2. The Curse of the Baskervilles 673
3. The Problem 679
4. Sir Henry Baskerville 685
5. Three Broken Threads 692
6. Baskerville Hall 698
7. The Stapletons of the Merripit House 704
8. First Report of Dr. Watson 712
9. Second Report of Dr. Watson 716
10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson 726
11. The Man on the Tor 732
12. Death on the Moor 740
13. Fixing the Nets 747
14. The Hound of the Baskervilles 754
15. A Retrospection 761
THE VALLEY OF FEAR
Part 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone
1. The Warning 769
2. Sherlock Holmes Discourses 774
3. The Tragedy of Birlstone 779
4. Darkness 784
5. The People of the Drama 791
6. A Dawning Light 798
7. The Solution 806
Part 2: The Scowres
1. The Man 815
2. The Bodymaster 820
3. Lodge 341, Vermissa 830
4. The Valley of Fear 839
5. The Darkest Hour 846
6. Danger 853
7. The Trapping of Biry Edwards 859
Epilogue 865
HIS LAST BOW
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
1. The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles 869
2. The Tiger of San Pedro 877
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box 888
The Adventure of the Red Circle 901
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans 913
The Adventure of the Dying Detective 932
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 942
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot 954
His Last Bow 970
THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client 984
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier 1000
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone 1012
The Adventure of the Three Gables 1023
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire 1033
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs 1044
The Problem of Thor Bridge 1054
The Adventure of the Creeping Man 1070
The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane 1083
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger 1095
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 1102
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman 1113
THE BEST OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
There are two famous lists of favourite stories—Arthur Conan Doyle’s own list from
March 1927, and the list published in 1959 in the Baker Street Journal:
CONAN DOYLE’S LIST BAKER STREET JOURNAL
The Speckled Band 1 The Speckled Band
The Red-Headed League 2 The Red-Headed League
The Dancing Men 3 The Blue Carbuncle
The Final Problem 4 Silver Blaze
A Scandal in Bohemia 5 A Scandal in Bohemia
The Empty House 6 The Musgrave Ritual
The Five Orange Pips 7 The Bruce-Partington Plans
The Second Stain 8 The Six Napoleons
The Devil's Foot 9 The Dancing Men
The Priory School 10 The Empty House
The Musgrave Ritual 11
The Reigate Squires 12
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A S S
TUDY IN CARLET

First edition, 1887
PART I:
Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D., Late of
the Army Medical Department
Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 2. The Science of Deduction
Chapter 3. The Lauriston Garden Mystery
Chapter 4. What John Rance Had to Tell
Chapter 5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
Chapter 6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
Chapter 7. Light in the Darkness
PART II:
The Country of the Saints
Chapter 1. On the Great Alkali Plain
Chapter 2. The Flower of Utah
Chapter 3. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
Chapter 4. A Flight for Life
Chapter 5. The Avenging Angels
Chapter 6. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John
Watson, M.D.
Chapter 7. The Conclusion
First published in Nov. 1887 as the main part of Beeton’s Christmas Annual. First
book edition by Ward, Lock & Co. in July 1888 with illustrations by Charles Doyle,
father of ACD. The second edition (1889) was illustrated by George Hutchinson. –
The first American edition published by J. B. Lippincott Co. in 1890.

Second book edition, 1889
First book edition, 1888
A Study in Scarlet
PART 1
BEING A REPRINT FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF
JOHN H. WATSON, M.D.,
LATE OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Chapter 1
M S H
R. HERLOCK OLMES
IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the
University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course
prescribed for surgeons in the Army. Having completed my studies there,
I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant
surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I
could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at
Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and
was already deep in the enemy’s country. I followed, however, with many
other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in
reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once
entered upon my new duties.
The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it
had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade
and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of
Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which
shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen
into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion
and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-
horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.