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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle2025 United Kingdom
Rediscover the legendary detective and his loyal companion with this gorgeous heirloom edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
Published2025LanguageEnglishISBN978-0785848790
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Containing every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written, this elegantly designed edition brings the world’s greatest detective to life. From Holmes’s first appearance in “A Study in Scarlet” (1887) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901–1902), through the collection of stories in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, this deluxe edition boasts the entire Holmes catalog.

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About this book

This collected edition gathers every Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle into a single volume. The series begins with A Study in Scarlet, first published in 1887, and runs through decades of short story collections and novels. Among them are well-known works such as The Hound of the Baskervilles, originally serialized in 1901 and 1902, and later compilations including The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes operates from 221B Baker Street in London, solving cases alongside his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson. The stories range from locked-room puzzles and missing-person searches to blackmail schemes and apparent hauntings. Doyle, a physician by training, gave Holmes a method built on close observation and logical deduction, setting a pattern that shaped detective fiction for generations. Watson's narration grounds the stories in everyday detail, contrasting with Holmes's unusual habits and singular focus.

This edition is presented as a collected heirloom volume. Doyle wrote four Holmes novels and fifty-six short stories in total, published across a span of roughly forty years. The cases move between London's streets, the English countryside, and occasionally further abroad, drawing on the geography and social texture of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain.