The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

In 1886, a struggling young doctor and part-time author named Arthur Conan Doyle picked up his pen and created what is arguably the most famous character in the history of mystery and detective fiction: the consulting detective known as Sherlock Holmes. Forty years later, Doyle would conclude this astonishing series of adventures having penned four full novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes and - in most of these stories - his friend and crime-fighting partner, Dr. John Watson (who often served as the fictional chronicler of these tales). Sherlock Holmes has since become a worldwide sensation, having been portrayed on stage, screen and television more than any other character in history and the character of Holmes lives on in various adaptations and derivative portrayals of the keenly intelligent and famously observant detective. Presented here is the entire Holmes canon: all four novels and every collection of short stories Doyle published during his lifetime. From "A St