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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.
Contains:
[Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W/A_Scandal_in_Bohemia)
[Red-headed League](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930336W/The_Red-Headed_League)
[Case of Identity](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929939W/A_Case_of_Identity)
[Boscombe Valley Mystery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18495288W/The_Boscombe_Valley_Mystery)
[Five Orange Pips](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518120W/Five_Orange_Pips)
[Man with the Twisted Lip](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930258W/The_Man_With_the_Twisted_Lip)
[Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518317W/Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle)
[Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W/Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band)
[Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518318W/Adventure_of_the_Engineer's_Thumb)
[Adventure of the Noble Bachelor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929841W/Adventure_of_the_Noble_Bachelor)
[Adventure of the Beryl Coronet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929825W/Adventure_of_the_Beryl_Coronet)
[Adventure of the Copper Beeches](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518116W/Adventure_of_the_Copper_Beeches)
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Also contained in:
- [Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518128W)
- [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20624138W)
- [Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16076930W)
- [Complete Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188824W)
- [Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929975W)
- [Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518342W)
- [Obras completas de Conan Doyle: II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20787319W)
- [Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262528W)
- [Original Illustrated 'Strand' Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262529W)
- [Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18188661W)
- [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16173818W)
- [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930383W)
About the Author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.<sup>[1][1]</sup>
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
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