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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle1892

The woman who outwits Holmes opens twelve cases of vanished brides, coded clues, and impossible crimes.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 1: To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman.
All emotions were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.
And yet there was but one woman to him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 2: One night, on the twentieth of March, 1888.
One night, on the twentieth of March, 1888.
I was returning from a journey to a patient.
My way led me through Baker Street.
He was at work again.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 3: I rang the bell.
I rang the bell.
I was shown up to the chamber which had formerly been in part my own.
Wedlock suits you.
I think, Watson, that you have put on seven
and a half pounds since I saw you.
And in practice again, I observe.
Then, how do you know?
I see it, I deduce it.
It is simplicity itself.
My eyes tell me that the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 4: I could not help laughing.
I could not help laughing.
And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours.
You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.
Then how many are there?
How many? I don’t know.
Now, I know that there are seventeen steps.
The note was undated, and without either signature or address.
Be in your chamber then at that hour...
...and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 5: This is indeed a mystery.
This is indeed a mystery.
What do you imagine that it means?
I have no data yet.
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
The man who wrote it was presumably well to do.
It is not an English paper at all.
Hold it up to the light.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 6: The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather.
The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather.
Not at all.
Eglow, Eglonitz—here we are, Egria.
It is in a German-speaking country—in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.
The paper was made in Bohemia.
Precisely.
It is the German who is so uncourteous to his verbs.
And here he comes, if I am not mistaken, to resolve all our doubts.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 7: As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses’ hoofs.
As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses’ hoofs.
Grating wheels against the curb were followed by a sharp pull at the bell.
A pair, by the sound.
There’s money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else.
I think that I had better go, Holmes.
Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are.
I am lost without my Boswell.
Come in!
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 8: You had my note?
You had my note?
I told you that I would call.
You may address me as the Count Von Kramm, a Bohemian nobleman.
It is both, or none.
You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me.
Then I must begin by binding you both to absolute secrecy for two years.
I promise.
And I.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, illustrated page 9: You will excuse this mask.
You will excuse this mask.
I was aware of it.
To speak plainly, the matter implicates the great House of Ormstein, hereditary kings of Bohemia.
I was also aware of that.
If your Majesty would condescend to state your case,
I should be better able to advise you.
You are right.
I am the King. Why should I attempt to conceal it?
Why, indeed?
I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you.
Then, pray consult.

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John Watson ↔ Sherlock Holmes: Old friendsSherlock Holmes ↔ Helen Stoner: Case consultationSherlock Holmes ↔ Jabez Wilson: Case partnersDr. Grimesby Roylott → Helen Stoner: Stepfather and stepdaughterSherlock Holmes ↔ Violet Hunter: Case consultationKing of Bohemia ↔ Irene Adler: Former acquaintancesJohn Watson ↔ Inspector Lestrade: Case colleaguesJohn Watson ↔ Helen Stoner: Case associatesJohn Watson ↔ Jabez Wilson: New acquaintancesGodfrey Norton ↔ Irene Adler: Close associatesJohn Watson ↔ Violet Hunter: Case companionsJohn Watson ↔ Godfrey Norton: Wedding witnessJohn Watson ↔ Irene Adler: Wedding witnessCASE PARTNERSSTEPFATHER AND STEPDAUGHTERCASE CONSULTATIONFORMER ACQUAINTANCESCASE COLLEAGUESCASE ASSOCIATESNEW ACQUAINTANCESJohn WatsonKing of BohemiaSherlock HolmesGodfrey NortonIrene AdlerInspector LestradeDr. Grimesby RoylottHelen StonerJabez WilsonViolet Hunter

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About The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of English detective and mystery stories centered on Sherlock Holmes, a private investigator whose cases draw him into matters of crime, secrecy, scandal, and high social consequence. Holmes works from rooms in Baker Street, aided and observed by Dr. Watson, who records his methods and exploits. The book invites you into a world where a muddy shoe, a chemical stain, a scrap of paper, or an unusual sentence may carry more weight than an obvious clue. Holmes’s investigations range beyond the official police, and even a visitor in disguise with a dangerous secret can become the subject of his exacting attention.

The prose has the crisp, attentive character of late-nineteenth-century storytelling, combining formal narration with lively conversation and richly observed London interiors, clothing, manners, and social rank. Watson provides warmth, curiosity, and occasional bewilderment, while Holmes answers confusion with cool logic, theatrical confidence, and a sharp distinction between seeing and observing. Readers drawn to methodical puzzles, atmospheric period settings, memorable detective personalities, and mysteries solved through close attention will find an engaging sequence of cases.

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