Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes

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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle are the complete adventures of the original & best detective containing four novels & fifty-six short stories about the most engaging detective of all time with a foreword by crime writer Ruth Rendell. The detective Sherlock Holmes
- who continues to enthral millions in film & TV adaptations starring actors like Robert Downey Jr & Benedict Cumberbatch
- was the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle whose crime stories have thrilled readers for well over a century. Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits & courage against foreign spies blackmailers cultists petty thieves murderers swindlers policemen (both stupid & clever) & his arch-nemesis Moriarty Sherlock Holmes together with his faithful sidekick Doctor John H. Watson proves himself to be not only the quintessential detective but also the most engaging & entertaining company any reader could ask for. " The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes" allows readers to experience the entire case-history of Holmes & Dr. Watson from start to finish
- the stories that have spawned such infamous characters as the devilish Moriarty the devious Irene Adler & of course the legendary hound of the Baskervilles... This edition

Includes:: a foreword written by crime writer Ruth Rendell. " Penguin" also publishes in individual volumes "A Study in Scarlet" " The Sign of Four" " The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" " The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" " The Hound of the Baskervilles" " The Valley of Fear" " His Last Bow" & " The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". " The immense talent passion & literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work give him a unique place in English letters. Personally I'd walk a million miles in tight boots just to read his letters to the milkman". (Stephen Fry). " Holmes has a timeless intelligence that puts him head shoulders & deer-stalker above all other detectives". (Alexander Mc Call Smith). " Now as in his lifetime cab drivers statesmen academics & raggedy-assed children sit spellbound at his feet. No wonder then if the pairing of Holmes & Watson has triggered more imitators than any other duo in literature". (John Le Carre). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) studied medicine at Edinburgh University where he became the clerk to a surgeon whose diagnostic methods provided the model for the science of deduction perfected by Sherlock Holmes. He set up as a doctor & it was while waiting for patients that he began to write. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). The Holmes stories soon attracted such a following that Conan Doyle felt the character overshadowed his other work. In " The Final Problem" (1893) Conan Doyle killed him off but was obliged by public demand to restore the detective to life."