Over one hundred years have passed since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced his inimitable sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, to the world and his popularity has never waned. This book contains all that is written about Sherlock Holmes (56 stories and 4 novels), both before and after the creator’s attempt to dispatch him in print.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson has increased over time giving him a cult status. Together they have enthralled and entertained millions of readers all over the world. While Holmes became a role model and has inspired hundreds of investigators around the world, Sir Doyle became the role model and inspired hundreds of writers. Sir Doyle through Sherlock Holmes defined and changed the way modern crime writers approached detective fiction.

Arthur Conan Doyle was born to a family of Roman Catholics in Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and eventually lost his faith in Catholicism in favor of his Jesuit training. He would later use his friends and teachers from Stonyhurst College as inspiration for characters in his Holmes stories.

In 1885 Doyle graduated as a doctor from Edinburgh University. After graduation Doyle practiced medicine and specialized in eye care in Hampshire. He remained there until 1891 when he became a full time writer. His first story, a Sherlock Holmes novel called A Study in Scarlet, had been published in 1887 in the Strand magazine.

Doyle followed his first novel with The Sign of Four and then in 1891 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was incrementally published by the Strand Magazine. His works were met with public approval and he soon became quite popular, in fact he would eventually, in the 1920s, become one of the highest paid writers in the world. But the massive initial popularity had an affect on Doyle and by the end of 1891 he had sworn to end the series, which he thought he achieved by killing Sherlock Holmes in The Final Problem, which was published in December of 1893.

During the South African War (1899-1902) Doyle served as a physician in a field hospital, where he wrote The Great Boer War in which he defended the policy of his homeland. After the war, in 1902, Doyle returned to England and was knighted. He then took up the pen again for the revered detective and published The Hound of the Baskervilles, a prequel, in 1902. He then resurrected his dead logician in The Empty House and continued writing short stories about Holmes and Watson.

Doyle lost his wife, who was ill for a long time, in 1907. During the First World War, his son died. These deaths affected Sir Doyle deeply and he dedicated the rest of his life to spiritual causes. His last book, a collection of short stories known as The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1927. Doyle died of heart disease on July 7, 1930.

The contents of the book are given below:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1. A Scandal in Bohemia
2. The Red-headed League
3. A Case of Identity
4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
5. The Five Orange Pips
6. The Man with the Twisted Lip
7. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
8. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
9. The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
10. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
11. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
12. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
13. The Silver Blaze
14. The Yellow Face
15. The Stock-Broker’s Clerk
16. The Gloria Scott
17. The Musgrave Ritual
18. The Reigate Puzzle
19. The Crooked Man
20. The Resident Patient
21. The Greek Interpreter
22. The Naval Treaty
23. The Final Problem

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
24. The Adventure of the Empty House
25. The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
26. The Adventure of the Dancing Men
27. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
28. The Adventure of the Priory School
29. The Adventure Of Black Peter
30. The Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton
31. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
32. The Adventure of the Three Students
33. The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
34. The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
35. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
36. The Adventure of the Second Stain

His Last Bow
37. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
38. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
39. The Adventure of the Red Circle
40. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
41. The Adventure of the Dying Detective
42. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
43. The Adventure of the Devils Foot
44. His Last Bow

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
45. The Mazarin Stone
46. Thor Bridge
47. The Creeping Man
48. The Sussex Vampire
49. The Three Garridebs
50. The Illustrious Client
51. The Three Gables
52. The Blanched Soldier
53. The Lion’s Mane
54. The Retired Colourman
55. The Veiled Lodger
56. Shoscombe Old Place

Novels
1. A Study in Scarlet
2. The Sign of Four
3. The Hound of Baskervilles
4. The Valley of Fear

Book Details:

• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Bantam Classics
• Edition & Year: Deluxe Edition, 1995
• ISBN: 0553328255
• Cover & Page Count: Paperback, 994 Pages

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