Sherlock Holmes: The Novels By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback,
2015)

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All four of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary Sherlock Holmes novels collected in a unique Graphic Deluxe edition with an introduction by Michael Dirda In 1886 an unsuccessful ophthalmologist on the southern coast of England decided to try his hand at writing a detective story Unlike his historical romances which required the utmost care this could be dashed off quickly The first draft featuring a Mr Sherrinford Holmes was a bit rough around the edges but with a little revision something astonishing emerged Sherlock Holmes Dr Watson & A Study in Scarlet As if with no warning they sprung forth from their creator's head fully-formed in a new style so well-defined it felt immediately like an established genre Their partnership cemented within pages of the book's opening-the sum of their parts accomplishing far more than they could apart Sporting his signature billowing coat & pipe in hand the genius investigator Holmes captivated readers with his alluring melancholy & superhuman intuition while Watson remained ever the perfect foil a classic Victorian gentleman with brilliant intellect Collected here are all four Holmes novels-A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear-tracing the origins of the pair up through their greatest showdowns with arch-enemy Professor Moriarty Set in the seductive shadow-world of Victorian London they are at once an indelible portrait of their time & immortal stories unmarred by passing time Though endlessly reinterpreted reinvented & imitated they have never been surpassed the stories of Holmes & Watson lives on as immediate & original in our time as in their own