Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will. For two hours the strange business in which we had been involved appeared to be forgotten, and he was entirely absorbed in the pictures of the modern Belgian masters. He would talk of nothing but art, of which he […]
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Our breakfast table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview. Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet. The latter was a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very
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I confess at these words a shudder passed through me. There was a thrill in the doctor’s voice which showed that he was himself deeply moved by that which he told us. Holmes leaned forward in his excitement and his eyes had the hard, dry glitter which shot from them when he was keenly
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“I have in my pocket a manuscript,” said Dr. James Mortimer. “I observed it as you entered the room,” said Holmes. “It is an old manuscript.” “Early eighteenth century, unless it is a forgery.” “How can you say that, sir?” “You have presented an inch or two of it to my examination all the time
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Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before. It was a fine, thick piece
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The Valley of Fear, was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and was first published in 1915 in the Strand Magazine. This was the fourth and last novel about Sherlock Holmes. Part I – The Tragedy of Birlstone Chapter 1 – The Warning Chapter 2 – Sherlock Holmes Discourses Chapter 3 – The Tragedy of
A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. This was the first novel about Sherlock Holmes. The novel was written in three weeks by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886. It introduced the detective and his associate and friend, Dr. Watson, and made famous Holmes’s address at Mrs. Hudson’s house, 221B
The Sign of Four, was written for the Lippincott’s Magazine by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1890. This was the second Sherlock Holmes novel. The story collects a colorful group of people together, among them Jonathan Small who has a wooden leg and a dwarf from Tonga islands. Chapter 1 – The Science of Deduction
Written in 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles was the third novel (in the series of four) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Narrated an early case of the dead detective, the murder weapon in the story is an animal. Chapter 1 – Mr. Sherlock Holmes Chapter 2 – The Curse of Baskervilles Chapter 3 –
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Here you will be able to read the four novels of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. These books formed a part of the Canon. All the books below have been neatly divided by chapter for easy reading. Follow the links below: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound
