Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and 
early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is 
the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan 
Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his 
intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive 
reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute 
observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous 
fictional detective ever created, and is one of the best known and most 
universally recognizable literary characters in any genre. Conan Doyle 
wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All 
but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. 
John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two 
others written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels,
 appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly
 Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with 
the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand 
Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized 
novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The 
stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in
 1914. in this collection you will find: Novels: • A Study in Scarlet • The Sign of the Four • The Hound of the Baskervilles • The Valley of Fear Short Story Collections: • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • The Return of Sherlock Holmes • His Last Bow • The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

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