hwacherry.blogg.se - The Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

He requested her to meet him at the Langham Hotel, but he was not there when she arrived.

Miss Morstan explains that, in December 1878, her father, Captain Arthur Morstan, had arrived in London, on leave from his post as a convict guard in the Andaman Islands.

Holmes claims he needs a problem to solve and is bored shortly thereafter, Miss Mary Morstan arrives with a case. Watson remonstrates with Holmes about his cocaine usage. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Whether as a stand-alone volume or as a companion to the short stories, this classic work illuminates the timeless genius of Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation.How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

The Valley of Fear (1914)-a fresh murder scene that leads Holmes to solve a long-forgotten mystery.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)-hailed as the greatest mystery novel of all time and.

The Sign of Four (1889)-a chilling tale of lost treasure.and of how Watson met his wife.

A Study in Scarlet (1887)-a tale of murder and revenge that tells of Holmes and Dr.

Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 notes, 350 illustrations and period photographs, and tantalizing new Sherlockian theories. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes, heavily illustrated and annotated with extensive scholarly commentary.