Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including `The Red-Headed League', `The Blue Carbuncle', and `The Speckled Band'. Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the woman - in the very first story, `A Scandal in Bohemia'. The editor of this volume, Richard Lancelyn Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur C. Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Assisted by: Richard Lancelyn Green (Editor), Green Richard Lancelyn (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2008
• EAN: 9780199536955
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953695-5
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; Sherlock Holmes; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; Sherlock Holmes; World's classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Classic crime, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary