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This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate,
contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories
featuring Sherlock Holmes. At over a thousand pages, the weighty
tome is a perfect gift for budding amateur sleuths, and it is an
ideal companion for a long stay on a desert island (or a leisurely
trip through the English countryside). As the reader wades past the
tense introductions of A Study in Scarlet and moves towards such
classic tales as The Hound of the Baskervilles, "The Adventure of
the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem," she is sure to draw
her own conclusions about Holmes's veiled past and his quirky
relationship with his "Boswell," Watson. Doyle never revealed much
about Holmes's early life, but the joy of reading the complete
Holmes is assembling the trivia of each story into something like a
portrait of the detective and his creator. By the end of the long
journey through London and across Europe (with a long stopover at
Reichenbach Falls), one is apt to have found a friend for life.
--Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Here, collected in one volume, are all four full-length novels
and 56 short stories chronicling the colorful adventures of
Sherlock Holmes--every word Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about
Baker Street's most famous resident. --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.