The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle Narrated by Eric Leach

Overview

Boasting some of Sherlock Holmes's finest adventures, this classic 1894 collection was originally written in serial form. Eleven of the most popular tales of the immortal sleuth include Silver Blaze, concerning the "curious incident of the dog in the night-time"; The Greek Interpreter, starring Holmes's even more formidable brother, Mycroft; and The Final Problem, the detective's notorious confrontation with arch-criminal Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

Holmes and Dr. Watson remain history's greatest detective team, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's portrayals of male comradeship, the thrills of the chase, and the misty precincts of Victorian London remains unmatched in detective literature.

Eleven classic tales of deduction:

• Silver Blaze
• The Yellow Face
• The Stock-Broker's Clerk
• The Gloria Scott
• The Musgrave Ritual
• The Reigate Puzzle
• The Crooked Man
• The Resident Patient
• The Greek Interpreter
• The Naval Treaty
• The Final Problem

They include one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, The Adventure of the Final Problem, in which Doyle "killed" Holmes. Several of the stories are told in a way which is more from Holmes' own point of view, as he tells Watson some of his early work that he did before meeting the doctor.

An Author's Republic audio production.

Editorial Reviews

Michael Dirda

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes not only features the great detective's earliest known cases, it also introduces his older and smarter brother Mycroft and brings us face to face with that Napoleon of Crime, the chilling Professor Moriarty. This is, in short, the volume through which Conan Doyle dramatically enlarges the Holmesian universe—and just one reason why any serious Sherlockian will want a copy of these stories in this handsome Edinburgh edition, superbly introduced and crisply annotated by Jonathan Cranfield.

Times (London)

Sherlock Holmes is the very foundation stone of the edifice that is crime fiction.”

From the Publisher

He is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman—Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171465506
Publisher:	Author's Republic
Publication date:	03/10/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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