HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.'Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature the infamous Detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Doctor Watson. They first appeared as stories in the Strand Magazine and feature some of his most famous and enjoyable cases, including 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' and 'The Red-headed League'.
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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 A Scandal in Bohemia. I
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III
CHAPTER 2 The Red-headed League
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE IS DISSOLVED. October 9th, 1890
CHAPTER 3 A Case of Identity
CHAPTER 4 The Boscombe Valley Mystery
CHAPTER 5 The Five Orange Pips
CHAPTER 6 The Man with the Twisted Lip
CHAPTER 7 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
CHAPTER 8 The Adventure of the Speckled Band
CHAPTER 9 The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
CHAPTER 10 The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
CHAPTER 11 The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
CHAPTER 12 The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Life & Times
The Influence of Science
Sherlock Holmes
HISTORY OF COLLINS
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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Arthur Conan Doyle
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“Oh, she has turned all the men’s heads down in that part. She is the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet. So say the Serpentine-mews, to a man. She lives quietly, sings at concerts, drives out at five every day, and returns at seven sharp for dinner. Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings. Has only one male visitor, but a good deal of him. He is dark, handsome, and dashing, never calls less than once a day, and often twice. He is a Mr Godfrey Norton, of the Inner Temple. See the advantages of a cabman as a confidant. They had driven him home a dozen times from Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. When I had listened to all they had to tell, I began to walk up and down near Briony Lodge once more, and to think over my plan of campaign.
“This Godfrey Norton was evidently an important factor in the matter. He was a lawyer. That sounded ominous. What was the relation between them, and what the object of his repeated visits? Was she his client, his friend, or his mistress? If the former, she had probably transferred the photograph to his keeping. If the latter, it was less likely. On the issue of this question depended whether I should continue my work at Briony Lodge, or turn my attention to the gentleman’s chambers in the Temple. It was a delicate point, and it widened the field of my inquiry. I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.”
