The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [0]
FROM THE PAGES OF THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES, VOLUME I
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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
THE WORLD OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND SHERLOCK HOLMES
Introduction
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME I
A NOTE ON CONVEYANCES
A STUDY IN SCARLET - Part I BEING A REPRINT FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN H. ...
CHAPTER 1 - Mr. Sherlock Holmes
CHAPTER 2 - The Science of Deduction
CHAPTER 3 - The Lauriston Garden Mystery
CHAPTER 4 - What John Rance Had to Tell
CHAPTER 5 - Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor
CHAPTER 6 - Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do
CHAPTER 7 - Light in the Darkness
Part 2 - THE COUNTRY OF THE SAINTS
CHAPTER 1 - On the Great Alkali Plain
CHAPTER 2 - The Flower of Utah
CHAPTER 3 - John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet
CHAPTER 4 - A Flight for Life
CHAPTER 5 - The Avenging Angels
CHAPTER 6 - A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D.
CHAPTER 7 - The Conclusion
THE SIGN OF FOUR
CHAPTER 1 - The Science of Deduction
CHAPTER 2 - The Statement of the Case
CHAPTER 3 - In Quest of a Solution
CHAPTER 4 - The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
CHAPTER 5 - Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge
CHAPTER 6 - Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
CHAPTER 7 - The Episode of the Barrel
CHAPTER 8 - The Baker Street Irregulars
CHAPTER 9 - A Break in the Chain
CHAPTER 10 - The End of the Islander
CHAPTER 11 - The Great Agra Treasure
CHAPTER 12 - The Strange Story of Jonathan Small
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
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THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
A CASE OF IDENTITY
THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
SILVER BLAZE
THE YELLOW FACE
THE STOCK-BROKER’S CLERK
THE “GLORIA SCOTT”
THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL
THE REIGATE PUZZLE
THE CROOKED MAN
THE RESIDENT PATIENT
THE GREEK INTERPRETER
THE NAVAL TREATY
THE FINAL PROBLEM
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
CHAPTER 1 - Mr. Sherlock Holmes
CHAPTER 2 - The Curse of the Baskervilles
CHAPTER 3 - The Problem
CHAPTER 4 - Sir Henry Baskerville
CHAPTER 5 - Three Broken Threads
CHAPTER 6 - Baskerville Hall
CHAPTER 7 - The Stapletons of Merripit House
CHAPTER 8 - First Report of Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 9 - Second Report of Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 10 - Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
CHAPTER 11 - The Man on the Tor
CHAPTER 12 - Death on the Moor
CHAPTER 13 - Fixing the Nets
CHAPTER 14 - The Hound of the Baskervilles
CHAPTER 15 - A Retrospection
ENDNOTES
COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
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FROM THE PAGES OF THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES, VOLUME I
“Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.” (A Study in Scarlet, page 17)
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.” (A Study in Scarlet, page 22)
“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” (The Sign of Four, page 126)
“It is the unofficial force—the Baker Street irregulars.”
(The Sign of Four, page 145)
“Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.”
(“The Boscombe Valley Mystery,” page 240)
He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us. Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar, its silence broken only by the heavy,