Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Philip Dossick (Editor)

Overview

Perhaps the most momentous story in the Sherlock Holmes mythology, The Final Problem was first published in The Strand magazine in 1893.

It introduced the criminal genius, Professor Moriarity, and the outcome of their struggle at the Reichenbach Falls remains the stuff of legend.

Conan Doyle's classic short story chills the reader to the core, and forever established him as a master story-teller.

? Contains extended historical context and a critical essay: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Timeless Morality by Historian Edward Lawrence.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148598534
Publisher:	The St. George Press
Publication date:	07/16/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	740 KB

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885