THE ADVENTURES OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
This novel was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,,
This novel have 12 short stories first that appeared in The
Strand magazine during 1891 until 1982 and these short stories were published
in book form in the latter year,,Sherlock Holmes had made his debut five years
earlier in A Study in Scarlet, but it was this collection that established him
as a detective nonpareil,,and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the most popular
writers of the day..
In “The Red-Headed League”, pawnbroker Jabez Wilson responds
to an advertisement calling for a new recruit to that mysterious association.
His hair colour secures him an undemanding,well-paid job…until the day he
arrives for work to discover that the League has been summarily dissolved…
Hydraulics expert Victor Hatherley also accepts a lucrative
offer in “The Engineer’s Thumb”,,and receives a severed digit into the
bargain..
In “The Blue Carbuncle” a fabulous gemstone turn up in a
goose’s throat..A terrified woman fears she will meet the same fate as her twin
sister in “The Speckled Band”..
Sherlock Holmes takes these and other curiosities in his
stride..No matter how bizarre the facts, Holmes applies his forensic skills and
towering intellect to the problem, and the truth will out..
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