HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.’This collection of eleven stories depict Holmes and Watson at their very best and solving some of their most notorious cases, culminating in ‘The Final Problem’. In this infamous tale, Holmes comes face-to-face with his greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, at the Reichenbach Falls.Each of the stories was previously published in The Strand magazine before being released together in a single volume in 1894. This is a quintessential collection, and a must-have for collectors and fans of one of the finest sleuths in English literature.
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Артур Конан Дойл. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. Arthur Conan Doyle
Copyright
History of William Collins
Life & Times. About the Author
The Influence of Science
Sherlock Holmes
Illustrations by Sidney Paget
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
SILVER BLAZE
THE YELLOW FACE
THE STOCK-BROKER’S CLERK
THE GLORIA SCOTT
THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL
THE REIGATE SQUIRES
THE CROOKED MAN
THE RESIDENT PATIENT
THE GREEK INTERPRETER
THE NAVAL TREATY
THE FINAL PROBLEM
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES. adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
About the Publisher
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“See the value of imagination,” said Holmes. “It is the one quality which Gregory lacks. We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified. Let us proceed.”
We crossed the marshy bottom and passed over a quarter of a mile of dry, hard turf. Again the ground sloped, and again we came on the tracks. Then we lost them for half a mile, but only to pick them up once more quite close to Mapleton. It was Holmes who saw them first, and he stood pointing with a look of triumph upon his face. A man’s track was visible beside the horse’s.
