The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
With an introduction by crime author Ruth Rendell, these are the complete exploits of the first and best detective. They include four novels and 56 short stories about the most captivating investigator of all time. The investigator Sherlock Holmes was created by Arthur Conan Doyle, whose crime novels have delighted readers for well over a century and continue to enthral millions in film and television versions featuring performers like Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch. Not only is Sherlock Holmes the most well-known character in crime fiction, but he may even be the most well-known figure overall.
The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Together with his devoted sidekick Doctor John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes demonstrates that he is not only the ideal detective but also the most engaging and enjoyable company any reader could hope for in sixty adventures that test his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign spies, blackmailers, cultists, petty thieves, murderers, swindlers, and his arch-nemesis Moriarty. The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes enables readers to fully experience all of Holmes and Dr. Watson’s cases, including those that gave rise to notorious figures like the villainous Moriarty, the cunning Irene Adler, and, of course, the fabled Hound of the Baskervilles.
Conan Doyle holds a special place in English literature because of his prodigious intellect, devotion, and literary genius. Stephen Fry: “I personally would go a million miles in uncomfortable boots just to read his letters to the milkman.” Alexander McCall Smith: “Holmes has a timeless intelligence that places his head, shoulders, and deer-stalker above all other detectives.” At his feet now, as they did during his lifetime, are ragged-assed kids, intellectuals, politicians, and cab drivers.
The coupling of Holmes and Watson has inspired more imitators than any other literary pair, so it makes sense. Le Carré, John As a medical student at Edinburgh University, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) worked as a clerk for a physician whose deductive techniques served as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes’ science of deduction. He pretended to be a doctor and started writing while he waited for patients. In A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes first made an appearance (1887). Conan Doyle thought that his other writing was eclipsed by the popularity of the Holmes stories, which quickly garnered a huge audience. Conan Doyle killed him off in The Final Problem (1893) but was forced to bring him back to life by popular demand.
